The Dark Tower showrunner incredibly proud of abandoned Amazon series

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

As many of you know, Amazon shot a pilot for a planned TV series based on Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER book series last year. Then last week we learned that Amazon has passed on producing the rest of the series because they felt like the pilot was not on the level of their other fantasy series such as WHEEL OF TIME and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Weak.

Well, today showrunner Glen Mazzara took to Twitter to let us know he's "incredibly proud" of the work the cast and crew did on the pilot, tweeting:

We worked hard to honor this amazing story and bring it to life. I believe it's the version fans have been waiting for. Ask @StephenKing and @robinfurth

— Glen Mazzara (@glenmazzara) January 16, 2020

But like Roland, I gotta keep searching. The quest continues.

— Glen Mazzara (@glenmazzara) January 16, 2020

There are other worlds than these.

— Glen Mazzara (@glenmazzara) January 16, 2020

Stephen King tweeted his support back, writing:

Sending you love and good thoughts, Glen. https://t.co/RtYAObNFo5

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 16, 2020

Developed by Glen Mazzara, Akiva Goldsman, and King, the series was meant to be a more faithful retelling of the novels, at first telling 

Roland Deschain's origin story – how he first became a gunslinger and got his guns, his first conflict with the man in black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.

The first (and only) episode was directed by Stephen Hopkins who is best known around these parts for helming A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD, PREDATOR 2, JUDGMENT NIGHT; BLOWN AWAY, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS, and THE REAPING. Sam Strike (LEATHERFACE) was playing Roland with Jasper Pääkkönen as The Man in Black. Oh, and Michael Rooker was in there in an unspecified role.

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