Dark Tower: TV adaption

[nixie]

A TV adaption has been given the go ahead.
Will focus on Ronald's early life, how he first became a gunslinger.

‘The Dark Tower’ Casts Sam Strike As Gunslinger Roland Deschain, Plus Jasper Pääkkönen As Amazon Nears Pilot Order

Amazon's adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series has found its Gunslinger.

deadline.com

 

[dask]

What about the movie, any good?

 

[nixie]

What about the movie, any good?

It's good if you can change your mindset and disassociate from the books. It's not an adaption of the books, it's a different cycle.

 

[Ursa major]

Will focus on Ronald's early life, how he first became a gunslinger.

I can't say I particularly liked the story within the story in Wizard and Glass (which I asume will be the source for this).

On the other hand, I don't watch Netflix, so there's always a silver lining....

 

[picklematrix]

They must have a lot of faith in Stephen Kings IP to adapt this so soon after the movie.

 

[Boneman]

What about the movie, any good?

Didn't enjoy it, despite some great acting. But then (why wouldn't I?) I was expecting a rendition of the first book... Apparently, as a 'get-out' the producers said: "This is one version of The Gunslinger" which you wouldn't understand unless you'd read last page of the last book....

 

[dask]

Sounds pretty isolationist. Wonder why they did that? Making movies ain't cheap.

 

[Boneman]

Sounds pretty isolationist. Wonder why they did that? Making movies ain't cheap.

Missed a golden opportunity to have a series of eight fabulous films that could have made billions, IMHO... instead, they alienated fans of the books, and didn't attract many new fans to the genre... Idris Alba was good, though.