And to Flanagan’s credit, he has plenty of work that suggests he could make a fantastic Dark Tower series. And while that may be a little disappointing to Dark Tower fans, who tend to enjoy even the weirdest parts of the series - which we won’t spoil here - it’s also probably a necessary evil of getting such a ridiculous and expensive project off the ground. It’s not shocking to hear Flanagan would aim to ground The Dark Tower rather than leaning into its weirder elements After all, grounded tends to be his preferred mode, whether he’s dealing with vampires, ghosts, or sibling rivalries. And in a previous interview with IGN, he discussed how he would adapt the series, including trying to “ground” some of the more difficult and meta elements of the novels. In the interview with Deadline where Flanagan announces the project, he calls it his “Holy Grail”. Whether or not he designed his career that way on purpose, we know for a fact adapting The Dark Tower has always been Flanagan’s aim. With a career this varied, it’s like Flanagan was always making his way to The Dark Tower. Flanagan is also a massive Stephen King fan, and has already adapted some of his work into films. Flanagan started his career in film, directing movies like Oculus, Hush, and Ouija: Origins of Evil, before moving to television for a while, making shows like The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass. As Flanagan says his version would be five seasons of TV, with two feature films to conclude the story.įlanagan’s passion for the series is one thing, but what might be even more impressive is the specificity of his resume and how well it sets him up for the project. Like many previous attempts to get a Dark Tower series off the ground, this one, would include a mix of TV and movies. But it seems a new attempt, fronted by horror-auteur and former-Netflix ace Mike Flanagan, might have the best shot so far at actually working, mostly because Flanagan has been preparing for this moment for years. There have been more than a few attempts at mounting the story as a series of films, TV shows, but none have gotten very far (and that includes the one that actually released a theatrical movie). Stephen King’s seven-book epic fantasy series The Dark Tower is slowly turning into one of Hollywood’s White Whales.
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