Comments on: ‘The Dark Tower’ Dies, As Universal Pulls The Plug On Ambitious Multi-Platform Adaptation

By: MC

MC — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

I\’m still trying to figure out what the big expense is going to be.
CGI will be Shardik, the portals, Blaine the train and the environmental effects of his speed (example: ripping the skin off the mutated deer as he passes because of his backdraft), the beams, demons…
All this stuff is what…20 mins worth of CGI?

Shoot part 1 and see how it is received by audiences? Get Hugh Jackman to play Roland. He looks like Clint Eastwood when he was young and that\’s what Steven King described Roland as looking like.

Common sense. Dur.

By: StephenM

StephenM — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman were the wrong men for the job from the beginning. Everybody knew it. At least now we won\’t have it butchered any time soon.

I think they should try doing it just as a series. Or even with one movie, and then a series. But this multi-platform, back-and-forth thing was just never going to work.

I love the books. If they\’re going to adapt them, they\’ve gotta do it right, in a serious way that doesn\’t compromise the vision.

By: BuntyHoven

BuntyHoven — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

It never sounded like it was feasible. Just the weirdness of splitting it across platforms. It\’s hard enough to launch a movie franchise or a successful TV series these days, let alone trying to launch them both together. What network would want to bank on screening part 2 of a story that most of their audience won\’t have bothered to see at the theater?

Either make a movie franchise or a Game of Thrones-style TV thing – don\’t try both. Can\’t blame Universal for passing on this one.

By: Carson Dyle

Carson Dyle — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

It\’s probably for the best. There\’s pretty much no chance that it\’s going to get a franchise treatment without being heavily sanitized.

And now ultra-hacks Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman can\’t get near it.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

Instead they\’ll make a movie about vampires. Or whatever is super popular right now.

Actually, I\’m not that phased about this. The books are good but I really don\’t like the idea of Ron Howard behind it.

By: KT

KT — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

Haha. I. Can\’t. Breathe.

This shit was getting hyped up for months, seemed like a done deal, now it\’s dropped like Lindsay Lohan.

Hollywood is such a fickle beast.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

Actually, this kind of move prevents heads from rolling. Universal has been taking chances and losing on ambitious projects for the past two years. Not shocked at all they\’re pulling the plug on a hugely expensive gamble.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

very disappointing. i guess \’harry potter\’ proved fantasy is dead with it\’s lackluster boxoffice performance.

By: taptup

taptup — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:11:23 +0000

They clearly need some heads to roll up there.