While out promoting the shit out of STAR TREK, the new Trekkie director and LOST creator J.J. Abrams had a chat with MTV regarding what’s next, in which he dropped a line about taking on one of the most epic stories ever told… Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER.
Teaming together with his LOST cohort Damon Lindelof , Abrams had this to say about the project (through IGN): Damon and I talked to Mr. King. We got the rights for [‘Dark Tower’] as a film… As soon as ‘Lost’ is done, hopefully we’ll begin tackling that.
Oh hell yeah. Could it be true? Could we actually see a movie rendition of THE DARK TOWER in our lifetime? Damon also chimed in to the status on the TOWER, and what he says sounds even better (through AMC): There are always ‘Dark Tower’ conversations, but the figuring out of what this will look like as a movie has not begun. If ‘The Dark Tower’ were in the right hands, I would love to see seven movies executed just right. But you have to get people to see the first one to get them to come and see the second one.
And really, that’s the only way you’d be able to get this done right. Much like LORD OF THE RINGS, there’s just too much going on in each book to try and cut it all into one single movie. It could never happen… but would people want seven entries of THE DARK TOWER? Yes… yes they would.
But I’m biased as I love the series more than my pinky toe. To check out the full quotes by Abrams and Damon, click HERE and stick around for more on THE DARK TOWER as we hear it. Which should be in about a year from now, after LOST’s final season.
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