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The Dark Tower May Finally Get Made After All — Fingers Crossed!
Then again, that’s what we’ve been saying about this franchise for, oh I don’t know, the last 3-4 years? (More like two years, actually, it just feels longer.) But this time it looks really,...
Read More »Javier Bardem Out, Russell Crowe Possibly in as the Gunslinger in The Dark Tower
Boy, they sure are having a hard time getting “The Dark Tower” made. The latest word from the troubled project has Warner Bros. assigning one of the film’s producers, Akiva Goldsman, to bang out...
Read More »Warner Bros. May Saddle Up for The Dark Tower
Ever wondered if Stephen King’s massive tome about a mysterious gunslinger searching for his one-armed man — er, I mean, the Man in Black — will ever reach a multiplex cinema near you? After...
Read More »HBO to Climb The Dark Tower
The movie is still in flux, but according to producer Brian Grazer (he of the wild hair), the TV component of his and producing partner/director Ron Howard’s ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Dark...
Read More »Universal Passes on Ron Howard’s The Dark Tower Adaptation
It was alive, then it was sorta/possibly dead, then it was definitely alive again albeit at a cheaper price … and now it’s dead again. Or at least, it’s dead at Universal, where the...
Read More »Ron Howard Talks Dark Tower Start Date, Possibly Spring of 2012
Oooooh, okay, so this makes more sense. Speaking to EW, Ron Howard clarifies some of the issues with his upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” novels. Along the way, there is some...
Read More »The Dark Tower Remains Standing at Universal, Albeit for a Cheaper Price
It sounds as if rumors of budget problems on Ron Howard’s “The Dark Tower” was true after all. THR is now reporting that while the project will remain at Universal, it will do so...
Read More »Ron Howard’s The Dark Tower May Have Hit a Snag. Or Not.
Ron Howard’s uber ambitious movie trilogy and TV series based on the Stephen King “Dark Tower” series may have hit a slight bump on the road towards realization. And as you may have guessed,...
Read More »Javier Bardem Will Indeed Star in The Dark Tower
We’ve known that Javier Bardem has been circling the juicy role of Roland Deschain in Ron Howard’s adaptation of “The Dark Tower” for a while now, and that the studio wants him to do...
Read More »Is Christian Bale Your New Frontrunner in Ron Howard’s Dark Tower? – UPDATED
UPDATE: Not so, says Deadline, who reports that Javier Bardem has officially been offered the role of gunslinger Roland Deschain. Huh. I would have been happy with Viggo Mortensen or Christian Bale. Bardem just...
Read More »Javier Bardem or Viggo Mortensen Possibly Gunslingin’ in Ron Howard’s The Dark Tower
Despite being at least a couple of years away from a sure-thing release date, it looks like Ron Howard’s adaptation of the Stephen King “Dark Tower” series is well underway, with the New York...
Read More »Universal Sets Release Dates for Safe House, Dark Tower, more
Universal has set release dates for their tentpole films for the next few years, including the CIA actioner “Safe House” with Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, which will be blasting into theaters February 10,...
Read More »Ron Howard and Company to Make a Dark Tower Movie Trilogy, TV Show
What, just one movie based on Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower”? Childs play. A movie trilogy? Harder, but still doable if you’re Ron Howard and you have the resources (and cha-ching) of Universal at...
Read More »Ron Howard is Next Up at Bat to Adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and the boys of “Lost” gave it a shot, but in the end discovered they couldn’t do it, so they’ve given the rights for Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” series...
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