Related Article: First Look Pics + Review of Amazon’s Abandoned THE DARK TOWER Series. ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series is Not Moving Forward at Amazon, Abandoned ‘Dark Tower’ TV Series Showrunner Glen Mazzara Shares What Could Have Been, ‘The Dark Tower’ Movie Was Also Disappointing for Producer Ron Howard, ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Cast Adds ‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Jerome Flynn as a ‘Cowboy’, ‘Dark Tower’ TV Series Cast Finds its Roland and Man in Black. The Dark Tower books move fluidly between genres, and the film is afraid of all of them Leaked Dark Tower trailer briefly appears online A Dark Tower TV … Deadline has word on Amazon being disappointed enough in the Dark Tower TV series pilot that they decided not to move forward with a series order. Adaptation, Amazon, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Television, The-Dark-Tower, The Quarantine Stream: ‘Young Justice’ is Way More Than Just an Edgier Spin on ‘Teen Titans’, ‘Mortal’ Review: No Good Can Come From a Movie That Opens With a Dictionary Definition, The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Crown’ is the Platonic Ideal of Prestige TV Shows, Watch This: Simon Hatt’s ‘Hammer Down’ is the Action-Packed Trucker-Western Father-Daughter Short Film You Need Right Now, ‘Undine’ Review: Christian Petzold’s Modern Fairy Tale Romance Washes Over You [NYFF 2020], ‘Devilman Crybaby’ is an Anime For Those Who Recognize 2020 as a Bleak and Grotesque Apocalyptic Hellscape, Copyright © 2005-2019 /Film. 0. Catch up by following the link below. Amazon's The Dark Tower was going to be an epic seven-season adaptation of Stephen King's novels but has been canceled, leaving fans wondering why. Glen Mazzara, the showrunner for The Dark Tower Amazon series, recently shared his journey with The Kingcast podcast. Then, it would have continued the gunslinger's quest for the dark tower, the forming of his ka-tet, and eventually coming to the field of roses and the Dark Tower by the end of seven epic seasons. And now they have to deal with the fact that Amazon just passed on the pilot for The Dark Tower TV series from executive producer Glen Mazzara. He talked about his experience with adapting Stephen King's epic series for the screen. Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! The Dark Tower TV series intended for Amazon is no longer moving forward after the pilot proved to be unimpressive to the streaming service. Click the button below to start this article in quick view. Glen Mazzara shares some details from the aborted The Dark Tower TV series, what happened in the pilot, and how he wanted to adapt the books. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. That plan unfortunately never came together. Get the latest horror news straight into your inbox! The most ambitious attempt was a combination of interconnected movies and TV shows that Ron Howard and his Imagine Entertainment banner wanted to make. } Now, some Stephen King/Dark Tower fans are signing a petition launched on Change.org demanding to see the goods! try { Posted on Thursday, January 16th, 2020 by Ethan Anderton. A one-stop shop for all things video games. On his journey, he encounters witches, a deadly train that tells riddles, and even a shapeshifting entity with striking similarities to Pennywise from It. Many of those involved and who have seen the pilot have publicly stated that it is an amazing piece of work that does the source material justice and have expressed their bewilderment about Amazon‘s decision. But their caution has paid off since the streaming service felt like The Dark Tower just wasn’t on par with their other forthcoming epic fantasy shows, The Lord of the Rings and Wheel of Time. Next: The Dark Tower Connects Everything In Stephen King's Universe. Sam Strike played the protagonist and Jasper Pääkkönen was his foil. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter (@KeithDeininger), and his Patreon page @ patreon.com/keithdeininger. Still, Mazzara believes that eventually, someone will take on The Dark Tower. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-mobile-inverted-source'); Comment. Logo Concept by: Illumination Ink. Fans of The Dark Tower have had it pretty rough over the past few years. In between copywriting, editing, and blogging, he writes his own dark fiction. A couple of months back, we reported that Amazon Studios had abandoned their plans for a TV series based on The Dark Tower novels by Stephen King. After filming the pilot in Croatia, the streaming service decided not to continue the series.
Perhaps those who worked on the pilot can provide more insight now that Amazon has passed on the project.
Though casting reports of Michael Rooker, Jerome Flynn and Joana Ribeiro came to light, and some set photos once surfaced online last summer, there weren’t many details revealed about the hopeful series. Keith Deininger is a content writer, published author, and lifelong horror fan. Affiliate links used when available. if ( localStorage.getItem(skinItemId ) ) { Historically, petitions have not been successful in coercing studio executives to do what fans demand, but who knows? It read, in part: In 2019, a TV series pilot for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower book series has been filmed in Croatia for Amazon Studios with Glen Mazzara as the showrunner and starring Sam Strike, Jasper Pääkkönen (Vikings), Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), Elaine Cassidy, and Ivan Kaye (Vikings). Share Share Tweet Email. July 1, 2020, 10:30 am. For fans, this is an exciting prospect, but for a streaming platform like Amazon, it's a big risk.