The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

Homicidal_Squirrel · Mar 1, 2016

Matthew McConaughey And Idris Elba are set to star in Dark Tower.

I've wanted to read the books for a while, but I haven't had the chance to. Looks as if it'll be interesting. They still haven't said which of the books the movie will be based on, but it's supposed to take place in the present, so if you've read the books, maybe you'll have an idea of which book it's based off of?

Tonguez · Mar 1, 2016

Homicidal_Squirrel said:
Matthew McConaughey And Idris Elba are set to star in Dark Tower.

I've wanted to read the books for a while, but I haven't had the chance to. Looks as if it'll be interesting. They still haven't said which of the books the movie will be based on, but it's supposed to take place in the present, so if you've read the books, maybe you'll have an idea of which book it's based off of?

So Idris Elba is cast as Roland? thats awesome

New York features prominently in the story so I suspect that is what the 'modern day' refers to and apparently they are starting in media res rather than at the beginning (well the books beginning which was also in media res

). It would be interesting to see if they bring King himself into the movie world too

Kramodlog · Mar 1, 2016

Have there been good adaptations of King's work? Adaptations are hard to do, but he seems to have a streak of bad ones.

Olgar Shiverstone · Mar 2, 2016

And here I thought I'd learn this was a story of Han Solo chasing Darth Vader across Tatooine.

Tonguez · Mar 2, 2016

goldomark said:
Have there been good adaptations of King's work? Adaptations are hard to do, but he seems to have a streak of bad ones.

The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me.

all notable for being Not Horror genre. Although in the horror-esque mode you do have Misery and The Shining

Homicidal_Squirrel · Mar 2, 2016

Tonguez said:
So Idris Elba is cast as Roland? thats awesome

Yup, he is cast as Roland, and that's pretty awesome.

New York features prominently in the story so I suspect that is what the 'modern day' refers to and apparently they are starting in media res rather than at the beginning (well the books beginning which was also in media res ). It would be interesting to see if they bring King himself into the movie world too

That would be interesting. Are the books written in a sort of alternate history style?

Homicidal_Squirrel · Mar 2, 2016

Tonguez said:
The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me.

all notable for being Not Horror genre. Although in the horror-esque mode you do have Misery and The Shining

I liked It. I thought it was decently done.

Homicidal_Squirrel · Mar 2, 2016

goldomark said:
Have there been good adaptations of King's work? Adaptations are hard to do, but he seems to have a streak of bad ones.

He's had a few decent adaptations, as was pointed out . This one may turn out well. It seems that after Harry Potter studios decided to put more money into adaptations.

Dannyalcatraz · Mar 2, 2016

Tonguez said:
The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me.

all notable for being Not Horror genre. Although in the horror-esque mode you do have Misery and The Shining

Homicidal_Squirrel said:
I liked It. I thought it was decently done.

I'll add the movies Carrie, The Dead Zone (and the TV show was decent...for a while), Salem's Lot, Creepshow, Christine, Cat's Eye, Firestarter, and, just barely, Needful Things- notably, all basically horror.*

The Stand, however, was terrible, and for many reasons.

* notably, all also quite old.

trappedslider · Mar 2, 2016

Dannyalcatraz said:
The Stand, however, was terrible, and for many reasons.

I thought The Stand was okay, not great but okay.

EDIT: And least we forget Maximum Overdrive, King's only directorial effort. Even he called it a "Moron movie". The only redeeming bit about it was the soundtrack unless you dislike AC/DC lol

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