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Welcome to the site, K-Ball.
There is indeed a thread going for casting... here you go : click here
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im guessing they will use someone like mathew fox or josh holloway for roland cause they like working with that lot from lost.
None of the Lost people were on Star Trek, MI:3, or Cloverfield so far as I can remember. I don't think he would cast them just because they were on Lost unless he really thought one was right for the part.
star trek used the same time travel ideas as lost does which were i'm sure inspired by the dark towerOriginally Posted by RUBE
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
yes, because stephen king invented that particular idea.
yes, because stephen king invented that particular idea.
abrams idea of destiny is very similar to "Ka like a Wind" etcyes, because stephen king invented that particular idea.
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
yes, but again...not exactly an original concept.
PLEASE...like SK didn't invent the idea of time travel.
i dont want hugh jackman (scruffy wolverine) to play roland
a question asked to Damon Lindelof about the Dark Tower movie during a Lost interview.
Q: Have there been any developments with your rumored adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower series?
A: The Dark Tower is to me every bit as daunting an adaptation as the Lord of the Rings trilogy must have been for Peter Jackson, except we've got seven books we're looking at. And the idea of doing that at the same time Carlton and I are bringing Lost to a close is simply not viable. 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.
I'm two years late for this post but I don't care.The idea that they will really do a movie frightens me. I'm so scared they'll fuck it up and I'll be heart broken. Plus, they will never be able to get Jake right as they can't make 7 movies fast enough before the actor gets too old. I fear many jakes with the same Roland, Susannah, and Eddie will freak me out too much. I'm in a panic just typing this post.
I think they could make five or six films (for example the first book doesn't need to have its own film, it can be drawn together with the second), shoot them in a period of one or two years - two more likely - and then release them over maybe three years. Then Jake wouldn't get too old in the process. Plus if they hurry, Clint Eastwood can play Callahan...
I would really like to see a film series, but not a miniseries, simply because miniseries has a lower budget, and the whole series performed in less than five hours? Don't think so. Five two-hour films, minimum, and in the same damn budget as Lord of the Rings.
[quote=Aki;438874]Clint needs to play Cort
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
[quote=flaggwalkstheline;438890]At least I think that's more possible; having him do more of a cameo (as Cort) rather than a fulltime character in two of the parts (as Callahan)Clint needs to play Cort
I thought I said the same thing earlier.This I've never seen before. Awesome! Thank you, sj.something like this would be better.
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I must remember to be sure I push the post button and not just preview. I do the same thing with my time card and am constantly getting reminders about it.
NOTE: I still think TDT ought not to be done. At all.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
I still think people care too much. It's just a movie, really. It's another group of people's interpretation of the story, just like someone painting a picture of Roland. It doesn't have to be "official" in any way, either you like it or you don't. Compare it to The Shining (1980) - a hell of a good movie, but it barely touches the original story. So King remade it into a miniseries in 1997, much truer to the novel. Both are great films, even though the first one is very loosely based on King's book.
Just because Kubrick managed to make an excellent movie by butchering King's work doesn't mean every director will. Compare the adaptations of Children of the Corn, Firestarter, Cujo, Christine, and The Mangler to The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, and The Mist. Naturally we can't forget the in-betweens: The Stand, IT, The Tommyknockers, and Kingdom Hospital (though not an original story by King, just a Kingified story).I still think people care too much. It's just a movie, really. It's another group of people's interpretation of the story, just like someone painting a picture of Roland. It doesn't have to be "official" in any way, either you like it or you don't. Compare it to The Shining (1980) - a hell of a good movie, but it barely touches the original story. So King remade it into a miniseries in 1997, much truer to the novel. Both are great films, even though the first one is very loosely based on King's book.
If you don't care, good for you. I, however, don't want to see it done.*
And you know what? That's okay.
*If they do make it, you see, I'll have to see it. And I really don't want to. The horror! The horror!
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
The Dark Tower series filmed adaptation
from comicbookresources.com:
"Lindelof has long been associated with the film adaptation of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series alongside J.J. Abrams, a project he has since decided that he won't do as not to screw up a property he truly loves. Though, with Marvel doing the "Dark Tower" comic books, a Lindelof penned comic book mini-series might be in his future. 'I would love to do a 'Dark Tower' story in the Marvel world, when the dust settles. I actually think that [writers] Robin [Furth] and Peter [David] have been doing an awesome job with all that stuff, and I'm totally into the 'Dark Tower' comic book. I think it's cool.'"
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=23413
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At least he realizes he can't make it the master-piece that it truly deserves.
goddammit
that sux
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
Oh, I'm kind of happy about that. I don't think you could really do a DT movie justice.
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Aw, that's too bad. I can understand not wanting to screw something up, though it would have been nice if he had happened to have King's stance on adaptions - the books and the original story would still be there, no matter what came of a movie or a tv-series. I really hope that it will still be considered to be made sometime, with some luck the idea won't just fall flat here and in time someone comes along that King would also vouch for.
If anyone could do it, it has to be lindelof!
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
I feel the same way.
Roland would have understood.
I know, what a jerk.
I was extremely excited to see their interpretation of it, because I know they would do it with a lot of care and a decent budget, and...aggh! So disappointing. What will I have to look forward to in 2030 now?!
I do hope he follows up on that comic writing idea. That would be an OK consolation prize.
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