My thoughts on how the movie's looking so far - I'm keeping an open mind about it. I like the direction it's taking and that it won't be a direct adaptation. There's a lot of stuff in the books that could only work in the books, anyway. I am hoping they release - officially, I mean - an actual trailer soon. Us junkies looking online is all well and good, but they definitely need to bring as much attention to this movie as possible. What I certainly don't want to happen is what happened with Dredd - wait until 3 months before the film's release, and then really fuck up the promotion to one trailer, a few TV spots and a couple of posters. I really hope Sony knows how to draw attention to this movie. It'd be great to see more Tower junkies as a result of this movie.
I've gotta say, I'm really excited about McConaughey as the Man in Black. Gut feeling says he's gonna be a really great fit in this role.