Stephen King Gives a Huge Update on His Most Exciting Future Adaptation
It’s going to be good, and the signs are already there.
Having spent decades watching his stories turn into movies and shows, Stephen King never really shied away from some criticism which sometimes would reach his most acclaimed adaptations like, for instance, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
However, things are looking pretty good for a couple of the upcoming projects based on the author’s novels. Several days ago King gushed over Osgood Perkins’ adaptation of the former’s 1980 story The Monkey and more recently gave a sneak peek into an exciting project he will be working on with another horror master Mike Flanagan.
Stephen King Is Sure Fans Will Like Flanagan’s The Dark Tower
King’s series of Western novels, The Dark Tower has long been a tempting source material for a potential adaptation. A movie based on the writer’s books eventually came along in 2017, but was crashed by everyone, including King himself, and was soon forgotten.
However, there are better times ahead for The Dark Tower as another adaptation, which will now turn into a TV show, is being helmed by Mike Flanagan. The latter has already proved to be King’s number one filmmaker after turning the author’s novels like Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep and Life of Chuck into critically and commercially successful movies.
Now that Flanagan is about to direct a new show based on King’s beloved series of books, there’s no reason to doubt the upcoming adaptation being faithful to its source material, and King has just confirmed it.
Talking about his artistic plans on The Kingcast recently, the author revealed that he’s more than happy about what Flanagan will bring to the screen.
“I've seen screenplays and pitches, and he starts where he should start, and the beats are perfect. Just perfect,” King said.
Why The Dark Tower’s Previous Adaptation Was a Complete Failure
Starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, The Dark Tower had a good premise which would potentially help it get to the top of King’s decent adaptations if eventually the movie hadn’t made a radical step away from the original books.
Trying to put all of eight novels’ essential elements into a 95-minute run, The Dark Tower doomed itself from the very beginning and eventually came as a pretty flat movie version of one of King’s best stories ever.