Um, what???
Again, probably old news but the Dark Tower movie?? Actually happening??? Say again? 2013? Yes, I said it--2013 directed by RON HOWARD (Cocoon was his last cool movie) and written by AKIVA GOLDSMITH. Y'all know Akiva Goldsmith, right? Writer of such screenwriting gems as The DaVinci Code, Cinderella Man, Practical Magic and Batman & Robin. Yes, "We'll kill her later. We've got work to do!/ I hate to disappoint you but my rubber lips are immune to your charms!/We have to re-direct the rays of the sun!!" Batman & Robin. In other words, super capable hands.
Next thing you know Russell Crowe is going to be playing Roland. Just wait.
Normally I would think this project would fall through like all the others (Stephen King wanting Peter Jackson, the internet wanting Frank Darabont, JJ Abrams--who King actually sold the rights to for $19, which is too awesome). But I don't know, Ron Howard churns 'em out so quickly I'll really be shocked if this doesn't happen.
The only thing that could make it worse is if they were making a TV show and ha ha! they are. On NBC no less! A network with a stellar track record! Anyway, They're making the first book into a movie. Then the tv series will "bridge" to the second movie and then (here the article gets a little grammatically fuzzy) the series will be everything up to a movie of book seven. Something like that. It's ambitious and strange and how the feck is it supposed to work? All the movie actors aren't just going to hop over to TV, are they? Neither are the writers and directors. So, two actors for every character, tons of writers hacking away at it, and countless directors? Where's the continuity? Help, please.
Especially with the casting of Roland to deal with (which the whole thing kinds of hinges on) I don't know how this approach is going to work. And let's talk casting shall we? Some names bandied about have been, of course, Hugh Jackman (since everybody's dream is Clint Eastwood and they look the same--for real, watch The Beguiled and then find of picture of a shaved Hugh Jackman and tell me it's not weird) and Viggo Mortnensen. Both very cool and, I think, solid options...but I hate when an actor gets cast in more than one iconic adaption role and HJ and VM both have Wolverine and Aragorn under their belts, respectively.
More recently I've heard Jon Hamm and Daniel Craig. Both very intriguing. And Daniel Craig's got the eyes. But will I be able to look past Don Draper? James Bond I don't care so much about but I haven't seen Daniel Craig in enough movies to have much of an opinion anyway. Actually, I saw Layer Cake. I remember shirtlessness and then...nothing...nothing else happened in that movie.
Anyway, this is getting too long and I have other things to do. I'll complain more as the date gets closer and more news comes around the bend. I know you can't wait!
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Next thing you know Russell Crowe is going to be playing Roland. Just wait.
Normally I would think this project would fall through like all the others (Stephen King wanting Peter Jackson, the internet wanting Frank Darabont, JJ Abrams--who King actually sold the rights to for $19, which is too awesome). But I don't know, Ron Howard churns 'em out so quickly I'll really be shocked if this doesn't happen.
The only thing that could make it worse is if they were making a TV show and ha ha! they are. On NBC no less! A network with a stellar track record! Anyway, They're making the first book into a movie. Then the tv series will "bridge" to the second movie and then (here the article gets a little grammatically fuzzy) the series will be everything up to a movie of book seven. Something like that. It's ambitious and strange and how the feck is it supposed to work? All the movie actors aren't just going to hop over to TV, are they? Neither are the writers and directors. So, two actors for every character, tons of writers hacking away at it, and countless directors? Where's the continuity? Help, please.
Especially with the casting of Roland to deal with (which the whole thing kinds of hinges on) I don't know how this approach is going to work. And let's talk casting shall we? Some names bandied about have been, of course, Hugh Jackman (since everybody's dream is Clint Eastwood and they look the same--for real, watch The Beguiled and then find of picture of a shaved Hugh Jackman and tell me it's not weird) and Viggo Mortnensen. Both very cool and, I think, solid options...but I hate when an actor gets cast in more than one iconic adaption role and HJ and VM both have Wolverine and Aragorn under their belts, respectively.
More recently I've heard Jon Hamm and Daniel Craig. Both very intriguing. And Daniel Craig's got the eyes. But will I be able to look past Don Draper? James Bond I don't care so much about but I haven't seen Daniel Craig in enough movies to have much of an opinion anyway. Actually, I saw Layer Cake. I remember shirtlessness and then...nothing...nothing else happened in that movie.
Anyway, this is getting too long and I have other things to do. I'll complain more as the date gets closer and more news comes around the bend. I know you can't wait!
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