The long, bumpy road to the movie adaptation continues, but the Stephen King’s The Dark Tower now (hopefully) has its director.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo co-writer, Nikolaj Arcel is in talks to direct the Maine horror maestro’s horror/fantasy series. The project is now with Sony, after stints at Universal, and then Warner Bros.
Of course, this is hugely exciting news. King aficionados have always had a special place for the lone gunslinger series and its complex mythology. And it looks like the live version will be similarly ambitious, with an interconnected TV series.
But what kind of King movie will it be? There’s no doubt that early King novels are the pinnacle of terror (while the later ones could do with a good edit), but his film adaptations can be a bit ropey. Whether The Dark Tower will have more in common with Misery or Sleepwalkers remains to be seen.
