Digital Spy is reporting trouble in "The Dark Tower" camp, with pre-production staff being put on hiatus while Universal Pictures discusses the ambitious project's budget.
In September, Universal and NBC Universal Television announced Stephen King's seven-novel series would be adapted into three movies, with a television miniseries in between each of the films.
Just two weeks ago it was announced Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men") had signed on to play Roland Deschain in the adaptation, produced by Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman.
According to Digital Spy, all parties involved are in talks over how to lower the project's budget, although Universal is denying reports that it will be put into turnaround. The first film was set to open in theater on May 17, 2013, but regardless of the outcome of these talks, that date is now in serious doubt.
"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."
This was always a very ambitious proposition, combining films and televisions series in a way untested and untried. Perhaps with the initial success of HBO's "Game of Thrones," based on the sprawling novel by George R.R. Martin, sticking to television would be the correct route here as well.
As it stands now, this is a breaking story, and we'll have to wait and see how the dust settles.
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| "The Dark Tower" spans seven novels. |
Just two weeks ago it was announced Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men") had signed on to play Roland Deschain in the adaptation, produced by Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman.
According to Digital Spy, all parties involved are in talks over how to lower the project's budget, although Universal is denying reports that it will be put into turnaround. The first film was set to open in theater on May 17, 2013, but regardless of the outcome of these talks, that date is now in serious doubt.
"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."
This was always a very ambitious proposition, combining films and televisions series in a way untested and untried. Perhaps with the initial success of HBO's "Game of Thrones," based on the sprawling novel by George R.R. Martin, sticking to television would be the correct route here as well.
As it stands now, this is a breaking story, and we'll have to wait and see how the dust settles.
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