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		Bad news: there will be no Dark Tower movie. HOLY F*CKING SHIAT THIS IS AWESOME NEWS: it will instead be an HBO series (toplessrobot.com)		118
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The Stealth Hippopotamus

2011-10-25 03:26:38 PM

You know, they should have done that with World War Z.....

Uchiha_Cycliste

2011-10-25 03:29:06 PM

And best of all, once the series ends, they can just start it over and it'll be perfect!

No YOU'RE a Towel

2011-10-25 03:31:20 PM

The Stealth Hippopotamus: You know, they should have done that with World War Z.....

kingoomieiii

2011-10-25 03:52:52 PM

Well, that's it. "Syfy" must now immediately surrender all trademarks, marketing materials and IPs to HBO, who has clearly supplanted it.

The network formerly known as "Syfy" agrees to retain sole distribution rights of "WWE RAW" and "Ghost Hunters".

coinspinner

2011-10-25 03:57:01 PM

I'll believe it when I see the HBO trailer, and not one second before.

_{/pleaseohpleasepleaseplease}

Dr J Zoidberg

2011-10-25 04:02:41 PM

Please do this HBO.

Dr J Zoidberg

2011-10-25 04:17:51 PM

And fark admins please green this thread

Blues_X

2011-10-25 04:38:45 PM

And if this works, do a Sandman series.

Marcus Aurelius

2011-10-25 04:54:02 PM

Hey, since HBO is doing this, that means it's not going to suck.

Awesome!

AdolfOliverPanties

2011-10-25 04:56:18 PM

Let HBO do the Dark Tower series in exchange for Imagine Pictures letting David Milch do the God damned motherfarking cocksucking piece of coontshiat Deadwood movie.

hubiestubert

2011-10-25 05:00:20 PM

I'm good with that idea.

Get the cats who wrote Rome on it. Stat.

coco ebert

2011-10-25 05:06:37 PM

Marcus Aurelius: Hey, since HBO is doing this, that means it's not going to suck.

Awesome!

Pretty much this. Much better than what comes out in the movie theater these days.

NuttierThanEver

2011-10-25 05:07:02 PM

Blues_X: And if this works, do a Sandman series.

Saw Gaiman on the tour to support the Graveyard book and he was saying it was more likely that he was going to be able to get American Gods on TV. Yes as a series and yes also on HBO.

cretinbob

2011-10-25 05:30:23 PM

And not a fark was given that day

Dr J Zoidberg

2011-10-25 05:33:14 PM

cretinbob: And not a fark was given that day

0/10

Hardly any effort at all. You can do better

serpent_sky

2011-10-25 05:37:23 PM

NuttierThanEver: Blues_X: And if this works, do a Sandman series.

Saw Gaiman on the tour to support the Graveyard book and he was saying it was more likely that he was going to be able to get American Gods on TV. Yes as a series and yes also on HBO.

I thought that was confirmed, and Tom Hanks' production company was handling it -- which is also a good thing. Very excited about that prospect.

"Sandman" would be awesome, too, as there is no way that anyone will ever turn that into a palatable movie.

"Good Omens" is also a TV series I wouldn't scoff at seeing on HBO -- I bet if Alan Ball could tone down the gay, he could handle it quite capably. (Speaking of, does anyone know what happened to him supposedly doing something with "The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death" by Charlie Huston?)

Mugato

2011-10-25 05:48:39 PM

I don't know anything about the Dark Tower except that each book is like 30,000 pages long so I don't know how they could have a made a movie of it anyway.

Here's hoping HBO is better at adapting King's stuff than the networks.

/Langoliers, and the guy from Wings in the Shining ftl

Makh

2011-10-25 06:07:29 PM

I'm still waiting on that Dork Tower series.

John Dewey

2011-10-25 06:48:13 PM

I wonder who's going to play Stephen King

jwords

2011-10-25 07:33:35 PM

John Dewey: I wonder who's going to play Stephen King

Duchovney

Cinaed

2011-10-25 07:37:22 PM

I am... encouraged.

LegacyDL

2011-10-25 07:37:25 PM

Is Javier Bardem still going to play Roland?

OtherLittleGuy

2011-10-25 07:39:17 PM

On the one hand, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones.

On the other hand, Deadwood, Carnivale, and Rome.

Can HBO keep up the support?

Uchiha_Cycliste

2011-10-25 07:39:57 PM

Dr J Zoidberg: cretinbob: And not a fark was given that day

0/10

Hardly any effort at all. You can do better

You can't blame the poor guy, his attention span doesn't allow him to read anything longer than a FARK headline or a short response in a comment. How could he appreciate a novel? Much less 6 of them? I sure hope King finishes the series before filming starts.

killzoe

2011-10-25 07:40:13 PM

This...

AdolfOliverPanties: Let HBO do the Dark Tower series in exchange for Imagine Pictures letting David Milch do the God damned motherfarking cocksucking piece of coontshiat Deadwood movie.

AdmirableSnackbar

2011-10-25 07:40:59 PM

I'll believe it when I see something more tangible. Still hopeful but not expecting anything to come of this, as we've seen these kinds of articles before.

Soup4Bonnie

2011-10-25 07:46:48 PM

King writing himself in to the book was horrible and so was the ending.

BroVinny

2011-10-25 07:46:51 PM

Uchiha_Cycliste: And best of all, once the series ends, they can just start it over and it'll be perfect!

You do realize there's a crucial difference between Roland's state at the beginning of The Gunslinger and the reiteration of his journey at the end of The Dark Tower, do you not? Hint: The horn of Gilead.

Mugato

2011-10-25 07:47:39 PM

OtherLittleGuy: On the one hand, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones.

On the other hand, Deadwood, Carnivale, and Rome.

Can HBO keep up the support?

Well, and again I haven't read it but I'm assuming it's a single self contained story so HBO needs to commit to a specific number of seasons to complete the story. No one's going to buy the DVD set if they only cover half of it.

OgreMagi

2011-10-25 07:49:48 PM

Mugato: I don't know anything about the Dark Tower except that each book is like 30,000 pages long so I don't know how they could have a made a movie of it anyway.

The book is that long because King takes three chapters to say, "he went down the stairs". Personally, I can't stand to read his books. He plods along so much it's like walking in deep mud. A good screenwriter, however, can turn his books into some fairly decent movies by simply getting to the farking point.

dajoro

2011-10-25 07:50:02 PM

Wasn't this the original Ron Howard idea for Dark Tower - HBO series tentpoled by three movies? I don't know if this is anything new, other than repeating the HBO series idea.

I have no faith in HBO keeping a pricey series on air for the number of seasons it would take to tell the story. They'll cancel it after two seasons and Dark Tower will be a miscarriage.

Mugato

2011-10-25 07:52:29 PM

OgreMagi: The book is that long because King takes three chapters to say, "he went down the stairs". Personally, I can't stand to read his books. He plods along so much it's like walking in deep mud

Sounds like Tolkien. I don't need 20 pages describing a hill and all that damn singing.

Browncoat

2011-10-25 07:53:50 PM

John Dewey: I wonder who's going to play Stephen King

Joe Hill.

Browncoat

2011-10-25 07:56:05 PM

FTFA: And that he's (Brian Grazer) still planning on doing a movie.

But this is Fark, so when does what is said in TFA matter, subby?

BroVinny

2011-10-25 07:57:07 PM

Browncoat: John Dewey: I wonder who's going to play Stephen King

Joe Hill.

THIS. He's the spitting image of his dad.

ConConHead

2011-10-25 07:59:16 PM

Oh lord. I'm squeeing like a fangirl. They have remembered the face of their fathers. This is going to be wonderful! GO HBO!

Bring on the lobstrocities and a foul-mouthed/polite and sweet successful and attractive woman with no legs!

Browncoat

2011-10-25 08:05:48 PM

BroVinny: Browncoat: John Dewey: I wonder who's going to play Stephen King

Joe Hill.

THIS. He's the spitting image of his dad.

And a damn good writer as well. Before I knew who he was, I kept thinking he was writing an awful lot like King in his younger days.

Browncoat

2011-10-25 08:07:40 PM

LegacyDL: Is Javier Bardem still going to play Roland?

Brian Glazer hopes he will still do the movie, but Bardem has been cast as the Bond villain in whatever they are going to call James Bond 23.

ConConHead

2011-10-25 08:10:13 PM

Browncoat: And a damn good writer as well. Before I knew who he was, I kept thinking he was writing an awful lot like King in his younger days.

I wish I hadn't given away my copy of 20th Century Ghosts. I liked Horns, but not as much as that selection. Really reminded me of his pop.

Thrag

2011-10-25 08:13:42 PM

They are making a series of Dark Tower? How much content can you get from "You've been attacked by 16 Brigands"

Apos

2011-10-25 08:15:56 PM

Blues_X: And if this works, do a Sandman series.

Now that would be fantastic.

OgreMagi

2011-10-25 08:17:10 PM

Mugato: OgreMagi: The book is that long because King takes three chapters to say, "he went down the stairs". Personally, I can't stand to read his books. He plods along so much it's like walking in deep mud

Sounds like Tolkien. I don't need 20 pages describing a hill and all that damn singing.

Tolkein bores the crap out of me. I never could understand why people raved about "The Hobbit". I gave up after three chapters.

DeathByGeekSquad

2011-10-25 08:20:11 PM

OgreMagi: Mugato: OgreMagi: The book is that long because King takes three chapters to say, "he went down the stairs". Personally, I can't stand to read his books. He plods along so much it's like walking in deep mud

Sounds like Tolkien. I don't need 20 pages describing a hill and all that damn singing.

Tolkein bores the crap out of me. I never could understand why people raved about "The Hobbit". I gave up after three chapters.

I read them all, and recognized them for what they were, young adult books. I prefer other Fantasy authors, some of whom are equally as verbose, to Tolk...

Apos

2011-10-25 08:22:47 PM

Soup4Bonnie: King writing himself in to the book was horrible and so was the ending.

And suddenly George Lucas isn't the worst tinkerer in the world anymore. Holy crap.

Kinmuan

2011-10-25 08:25:23 PM

The Stealth Hippopotamus: You know, they should have done that with World War Z.....

If HBO has not previously been informed of this idea, they should be. It'd be the only thing I could like of that would be able to way out-do Walking Dead.

EyeBallStu

2011-10-25 08:29:37 PM

Well we may have dodged a bullet temporarily. If anyone can do it, HBO would be it.

We need another season of ROME!

Ender's

2011-10-25 08:31:51 PM

I am usually not one of these douche bags who posts stuff like this, but today I am gonna be that douche bag.

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Browncoat

2011-10-25 08:36:44 PM

Ender's: I am usually not one of these douche bags who posts stuff like this, but today I am gonna be that douche bag.

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How so? Brian Glazer said HBO is picking up the TV end of the project within the last 24 hours or so, said they have cut the budget for the movie end so they can (hopefully) get it made within the past 48 hours.

BTW, Ender's Game in theaters March 15, 2013.

KatjaMouse

2011-10-25 08:38:07 PM

Ok great... so when can I see a Y: The Last Man HBO series?

Tali

2011-10-25 08:45:23 PM

And so my hope for this project nudges upward from 'Oh god this is probably gonna suck' to 'This might actually be okay'.

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