Movie: The Dark Tower

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:33 am

Also some crap about Cloverfield 2 and STar Trek...

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:45 pm

I'm still not convinced that fuckwit has any actual talent.

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:14 am

Article.

JJ Abrams and crew couldn't pull it off, so Ron Howard's going to give it a try.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:13 am

Shit. That sounds horrible. Is Bjork doing the music?

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:38 pm

Movie Trilogy and TV series on their way.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:54 pm

Directed by Ron Howard. Bleh. Fuck him in his Da Vinci code ass. I'm waiting till they announce Keanu Reeves or Ashton Kutcher as the Gunslinger.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:02 pm

Dead.

At least on this level of the Tower.

http://www.reuters.com/article....0110719

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:43 pm

Javier Bardem was supposed to star.

Ok. That would've been interesting. But still, fuck Ron Howard. Someone else willing to drop the cash on what will undoubtedly be a very expensive franchise will come along.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:24 pm

WB wants the rights.

http://www.mania.com/wb-wants-dark-tower_article_132379.html

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:35 pm

Update. Sony gets the rights after WB fucked up.

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:49 am

Another day, another Dark Tower rumor.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:58 pm

Annual update.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:32 pm

So Idris Elba is Roland the Gunslinger, and that bugs me because he doesn't match the description of the character in the book, and thus doesn't match at all the character I've had in my head for 20 years I'm just super racist.

And peeps have been mentioning how there's a character who shows up, a crippled black woman, who is just super racist against white Roland, and it's a major part of the story, and people are wondering how that will work in the movie, now.

I just figured it out.... the woman will be white and super racist against black people. It's obvious.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:35 pm

The Duke Nukem Forever of movies rolls on.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:57 pm

Stop me if you've heard this, but there's a delay.

A film version of Stephen King’s apocalyptic saga was originally set for release on Feb. 17, but now will shift to the summer of 2017, sources close to the film tell EW. UPDATE: Sony has informed distributors that the new release date will be July 28.

Wow. That's a bit of a shift going from "post-xmas no man's land" to "competing with summer blockbusters." Especially interesting because the budget is only around $60M. Most summer flicks have way more cash to throw around.

The movie stars Idris Elba as Roland the Gunslinger and Matthew McConaughey as a sorcerer known as the Man in Black, both of whom are on a quest to reach the mystical tower that stands at the nexus of countless dimensions.

Alright alright alright.

Post by **Leisher** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:33 pm

This fan has concerns.

Post by **Leisher** » Wed May 03, 2017 8:50 am

I read the first two or three of these books many years ago, but I don't remember ANY of this stuff.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:51 am

I've read the first 3 books about 5 times, the 4th one twice, and the last 3 once. I could recognize most events in that trailer... and so far I like the look of it. I didn't like "There are no more gunslingers," because in the books Roland never denied what he was.

In the books King mentioned more than once Roland's "reloading trick," implying that he could reload his 6-shooters in an instant and keep firing. He was smart enough to never try to describe it in text. I like what I saw in this trailer, regarding that.

Post by **Leisher** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:30 am

I have no recollection of the kid at all.

I remember the gunslinger, Flagg, the scorpion things, and lots of injuries...

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 03, 2017 1:28 pm

The kid... Jake... is huge part of the books. And they are def mashing up his story from the first two books.

Dod-a-chok?

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