Editor’s Note:  The Dark Tower has been rumored as an HBO series for a couple of years now.  There is no confirmation of the series actually heading to HBO and in fact, the glass looks murky at best.  We’ll report the latest as we get it news-wise but until then enjoy speculating with us below! Series spoilers abound. If you have yet to read the books I’d recommend starting now. Thankee, Sai. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series is an epic work with little literary precedent. The combination of fantasy, science fiction, pop culture, and meta-textual aspects place it...

UPDATE:  Deadline is reporting that “Media Rights Capital is in serious talks to take on The Dark Tower after Warner Bros declined to make what potentially amounts to three feature films and two limited run TV series.”  This means there is still hope for The Dark Tower on HBO!  Keep your guns crossed and pray to whatever gods you hold dear because this thing ain’t over yet.  We’ll report here with more as we get it. Warner Bros., the production house that includes HBO, has dropped the development plans for THE DARK TOWER project. The concept, a seven book series...

An adaptation of Stephen King’s Sci-Fi Western Dark Tower might have new life, and may be coming to HBO. Director Ron Howard’s seemingly impossible idea of turning the novel into three films and two television series’ fell apart back in July 2011 when Universal decided not to back him on the project. Now, according to Deadline.com, Warner Bros. will be receiving a script for the first installment of the series and will decide whether to green-light the project within the next two weeks. Writing the script will be Akiva Goldsman, who won an Oscar for his work with Howard...

Let me start by saying that I love the Dark Tower book series. When I started reading the series years ago, I was instantly pulled into this world created by Stephen King. The setting of this tale was so vivid, and as I read, I felt as if I was an extra member of the ka-tet (sorry, I needed one nerdy reference to kick things off). To be honest, my initial feeling after finishing the series was “I really hope no one tries to ruin this by making it into a movie.” I knew that there has been uninspired adaptations of King’s work in the past, along with triumphs, but I was really hoping that...

Earlier today Deadline reported that Warner Bros., sister company of Time-Warner-owned HBO has been in talks to produce a Dark Tower feature film.  The series has a long history of being green lit and subsequently being canceled for one reason or another but the latest news we’d heard was that HBO would take over the Dark Tower televison series with plans for at least one full season according to Brain Grazer. Apparently Time Warner is now in negotiations to produce three full length feature films whilst HBO would take care of the TV series elements on its network.  It isn’t...

At a release event for the new movie, ‘Tower Heist’, producer Brian Grazer revealed that Stephen King’s Dark Tower, a project plagued by budged issues and long awaited by fans all over the world, will be produced on HBO. “We’re going to do ['The Dark Tower'] with HBO,” Grazer told us. “We’ll do the TV with HBO, and we’ll do the movie with… to be determined. We’ll do it right.  We’re going to do that movie. We’ve lost $45 million out of the budget, he said.  When people say no to you enough, then you have to lose...