Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series of novels is being adapted for movies and television. Also planned? A “very ambitious game component [...]that will further utilise elements from the books,” says an AICN source.
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series of novels is being adapted for movies and television. Also planned? A “very ambitious game component [...]that will further utilise elements from the books,” says an AICN source.
Braaains
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:11 PMI’m a huge fan of Stephen King and the Dark Tower series. An epic RPG based on it could be absolutely awesome. But whatever they come up with probably won’t be :P
I have mixed feelings about the film/TV adaptation of it. While the actual approach sounds good (3 films with a TV series in between each one), I’m really not convinced Ron Howard is the man for the job. Frank Darabont would be the obvious choice, but I guess he’s busy with The Walking Dead. Still, the involvement of Robin Furth with the film/TV project gives it half a chance of being a faithful adaptation.
bazuden
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:31 PMBest man for the job: Peter Jackson.
Also, who would play Roland? Before you start touting your favourite actors, remember, he looks just like Stephen King…
Braaains
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 1:01 PMNah, best man for the job is Frank Darabont. Nobody gets Stephen King as well as Darabont. But he’s busy with The Walking Dead and Peter Jackson is making The Hobbit, so we’re stuck with Howard.
Just because he looks like Stephen King in the books doesn’t mean he has to in the films. Otherwise they might as well cast Stephen King as Roland. Heheh that’s an interesting thought, actually… will they get Stephen King to play himself? :P
Rumour has it that Javier Bardem is the front runner to play Roland. I could live with that, he’s a good actor. But I’d prefer Viggo Mortensen whose name was kicking around for a while there. He’d be good for both the noble, aristocratic side of Roland and also the single-minded, cold-blooded, ruthless bastard side of him :) Mortensen is also older, which is what you want for Roland. But Bardem is a good choice, probably better than Christian Bale whose name was also mentioned a fair bit by the rumour-mongers. He’s a decent actor but too young to play the old Roland, and too old to play the young one.
There’s another debate, too – who plays the young Roland? Kodi Smit-McPhee will probably be about the right age by then (assuming they make that as the TV series between movies 2 and 3) and he can act. Having seen True Grit the other day, I’m sure that Hailee Steinfeld could make a good Susan Delgado and she’ll be about the right age too.
Lyndon L
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 6:27 PMIrrespective of the descriptors in novels you always make your own mind up on how they look. He is Clint Eastwood down to a tea to me, and always will be.
Whomever is chosen to play Roland has mighty large shoes to fill imo. I even resented Jake all the times he sooked that Roland let him go.
A game would be awesome! So long as it’s not one of those ridiculous over indulgent style RPGs… Fallout style would be sweeeeet :D
Kyle_Katarn
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 8:48 PMClint Eastwood is what I sort of had in mind too. And since playing RDR, I kinda want him to sound (not look like) like John Marsten.
Excited as all hell for the movies… but I know not to get my hopes up too high.
moloko
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:19 PMAll hail The Crimson King
Braaains
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:36 PMHe who makes a crappy Dark Tower movie have forgotten the face of his father.
Braaains
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 12:37 PMHe who makes a crappy Dark Tower movie has forgotten the face of his father.
Stupid typing/proofreading skills.
James Mac
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 1:29 PMIsn’t there a man in a checkered coat in Fallout:NV?
Adam Ruch
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 4:46 PMCould be cool. I did like those books, though i don’t think I ever finished the series.
Reaver
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 7:34 AMAfter playing Fallout New Vegas with a character named Roland with the gunslinger and cowboy perks, yeah I could see myself playing a Dark Tower RPG.
“Hile, Gunslingers to me!”
Susan_Boyle
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 8:42 PMI take it everyone’s seen The Stand film version? It’s possibly the worst thing I’ve ever seen. The Stand is still my favourite ‘element’ of the Dark Tower and Randal Flagg is still one of my fav baddies of all time.
I’ll still watch the movies/series because the story is so enriching, and the swap between different era’s will definitely feel like Sliders at times ;)
Ethan Iacobozzi
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 5:07 PMFallout: All-World
Gain reputation with the Crimson King and Affliation factions!
Seriously, though, providing it’s done right, I can’t wait.