The Dark Tower

[eddievalient]

I thought it might interest some of you to know that Stephen King, who is apparently a big fan of Lost, has given JJ Abrams the film rights to his epic Dark Tower series. Reportedly, as soon as Lost finishes in 2010, this will be Abrams' next big project. I love what Abrams did with Star Trek and I hope he'll do a good job here, but personally, I've always felt that The Dark Tower would work better as a TV series (preferably on HBO) than as a series of films if for no other reason than the massive scope of the story and the fact that there really isn't much that could be cut without losing something important. I'll update this thread as more information becomes available.

[Ben]

I understood that this would be a TV project for Abrams, not a film series. Makes more sense if he's eyeing that for when Lost ends, as he can produce while keeping directorial tabs on the Trek franchise.