ES GIBT großartige news:
The Dark Tower is a huge
and epic series of books – so perhaps it's appropriate that it's
getting a huge and epic adaptation.
Deadline is reporting that
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have
closed a deal to adapt the famous Stephen King book series as both
a movie trilogy
and a TV series, which will be developed
and produced together.
As reported back
in April, the team behind
A Beautiful Mind and
The Da Vinci Code – Ron
Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer – are behind the
adaptation, but it is only now being 100 percent confirmed that the
rumored TV series is part of the deal.
A feature film will start things off, with the first TV season
being used to bridge the first and second movies. Deadline notes
this means the cast of the film trilogy – including a yet to be
cast big name star as the main character, Roland Deschain – will be
committing to appear in the TV series as well, which is, obviously,
a very unusual scenario. After the second film is released, the
second season of the TV series would then focus on the younger
Deschain, before the third and final film picks up with the older
Deschain and finishes his story. The storylines will also be
influenced by the
Dark Tower prequel comic book series
that King helped plot.
As Deadline notes, the same sets, cast and crew could be used for
the films and TV series, which will help contain costs – though
this is obviously going to be a very expensive undertaking.
Goldsman has committed to writing the film and the first season of
the TV series. Goldsman has recently been working in TV on
Fringe, where he has been a consulting producer and
written and directed several episodes. Deadline says Howard will
direct the first
Dark Tower film and also the first season
of the series – it's unclear if that means he will direct every
single episode (a rare feat in TV, especially dramas) or direct the
majority of episodes.
Howard spoke to Deadline and when asked to compare what he's hoping
to accomplish with Peter Jackson's
Lord of the Rings
series he said, "What Peter did was a feat, cinematic history. The
approach we're taking also stands on its own, but it's driven by
the material. I love both, and like what's going on in TV. With
this story, if you dedicated to one medium or another, there's the
horrible risk of cheating material. The scope and scale call for a
big screen budget. But if you committed only to films, you'd deny
the audience the intimacy and nuance of some of these characters
and a lot of cool twists and turns that make for jaw-dropping,
compelling television. We've put some real time and deep thought
into this, and a lot of conversations and analysis from a business
standpoint, to get people to believe in this and take this leap
with us. I hope audiences respond to it in a way that compels us to
keep going after the first year or two of work. It's fresh
territory for me, as a filmmaker."
No schedule has been announced yet for
The Dark Tower but
based on the plan the producers have, it seems likely it will be
released over three consecutive summers, with the TV series seasons
airing in-between.
Also not made 100 percent clear is the network the TV show will air
on. NBC Universal Television Entertainment is producing, but
besides the NBC network, they also have USA and Syfy as sister
companies.
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Das ist genau das was ich mir davon erhofft hatte... genau so KANN
es funktionieren...
Da hat jemand mitgedacht... toll... jetzt muß nur noch alles andere
stimmen...
MY ARMOR IS CONTEMPT
MY SHIELD IS DISGUST
MY SWORD IS HATRED
IN THE EMPEROR'S NAME
LET NONE SURVIVE