Production has been pushed back on the Universal's adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series until at least next year.
According to Deadline, production was set to begin as early as this summer, but now that won't happen until February 2012.
It was reported last week the studio was questioning the ambitious project's budget was asking producers to trim it down.
In September, Universal and NBC Universal Television announced the seven-novel series would be adapted into three movies, with a television miniseries in between each of the films. Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men") has signed on to play Roland Deschain in the adaptation, produced by Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman.
"The Dark Tower" series began with the "The Gunslinger" in 1982. The seventh novel was published in 2004, with elements of the series permeating into King's other works and vice versa, such as "Hearts in Atlantis" and "Salem's Lot."
There's no denying this was an ambitious plan, and with Comcast soon taking over the studio, perhaps they are getting cold feet. The past few weeks have been up and down for sure, first snagging its lead and then getting mired down in budget issues.
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| The 7th book was published in 2004. |
It was reported last week the studio was questioning the ambitious project's budget was asking producers to trim it down.
In September, Universal and NBC Universal Television announced the seven-novel series would be adapted into three movies, with a television miniseries in between each of the films. Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men") has signed on to play Roland Deschain in the adaptation, produced by Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman.
"The Dark Tower" series began with the "The Gunslinger" in 1982. The seventh novel was published in 2004, with elements of the series permeating into King's other works and vice versa, such as "Hearts in Atlantis" and "Salem's Lot."
There's no denying this was an ambitious plan, and with Comcast soon taking over the studio, perhaps they are getting cold feet. The past few weeks have been up and down for sure, first snagging its lead and then getting mired down in budget issues.
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