December 9, 2024 1:32 am

The Dark Tower 2017 Writer Gives Candid Appraisal of Movie's Failure
The Dark Tower 2017 Writer Gives Candid Appraisal of Movie's Failure

The Dark Tower 2017 Writer Gives Candid Appraisal of Movie’s Failure

Stephen King fans have high expectations of Mike Flanagans attempt to bring The Dark Tower to screens in the coming years, but there is a lingering doubt about whether Kings sprawling Western fantasy time-traveling horror adventure (you can see why it is a big ask to adapt) can ever be done justice. Much of the trepidation around adapting the eight novel series, and its interconnected short stories and novels, comes from the disastrous release of the 2017 movie adaptation starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Now screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has addressed how there is very little to be said about that movie, other than it failed.

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​Avkia Goldsman can call The Dark Tower nothing short of a failure. Read More