The Dark Tower
The books chronicle the mysterious The Gunslinger as he travels across a desolate and vaguely post-apocalyptic landscape in his quest for a black tower. Portals along the way eventually allow contact with our own modern world.
Warner Brothers May Ride To ‘The Dark Tower’ With Javier Bardem
And the The Dark Tower saga continues. Back in November Ron Howard managed our expectations a bit by saying, “These kinds of projects often take years to come together in the right ways. But I am in love with the material, and the minute it can come together in the right way, I am fully committed to it.”
That may be happening. Per Deadline, “I hear that Warner Bros is now very close to a deal that will give Ron Howard the chance to direct at least the first feature, potentially with Javier Bardem starring as gunslinger Roland Deschain. And Akiva Goldsman (who wrote the script) is producing with Brian Grazer and the author. Basically they bought Goldsman’s script and are paying him to do a polish. Howard remains attached to direct, likely in first quarter 2013. Pic is a co-production between Goldsman’s Weed Road and Howard and Grazer’s Imagine. Bardem’s participation would depend upon his availability, but he was firmly attached when the project was at Universal.”
In short, if you’re a fan of Roland Deschain this could be very good news. READ MORE
Javier Bardem Checking Into ‘Hotel Transylvania’
Industry buzz comes our way that Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Bond 23) is in talks to star is Sony Screen Gems’ Hotel Transylvania, which will be helmed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Adam Sandler was cast back in July as the voice of Count Dracula.
“In the story, a sort of “Romeo and Juliet” with monsters, Simon Van Helsing — the youngest in a long line of monster hunters — falls in love with Dracula’s daughter. Upon the discovery that they are enemies, the couple attempt to bring peace between the monsters and humans.”
Screen Gems hopes to check you in on September 21, 2012.
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TV: ‘The Dark Tower’ Series Has a Fresh Writer
TV, film and comic book writer Mark Verheiden has been tapped to co-write with Akiva Goldsman the NBC TV series “The Dark Tower,” reports Deadline.
The project is part of a massive joint deal Universal Pictures and NBC Universal TV Entertainment signed back in September to turn Stephen King’s opus of best-selling novels — which have sold more than 30 million copies — into into a feature film trilogy and a TV series, both of them creatively steered by the Oscar-winning team behind A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code.
As previously announced, Ron Howard will direct the series, which is envisioned as a bridge between the first and second movie in the trilogy. Universal Pictures will release the first, starring Javier Bardem as the gunslinger, on May 17, 2013.
The books chronicle the mysterious The Gunslinger as he travels across a desolate and vaguely post-apocalyptic landscape in his quest for a black tower. Portals along the way eventually allow contact with our own modern world.
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Javier Bardem for ‘The Dark Tower’
It’s always an exciting time watching a new franchise come into fruition. First, a studio acquires the rights, which gives us an idea how much freedom the filmmakers will have. A visual sense comes into form when they attach a director. Lastly, the cast will be the final representation of what to expect, at least until trailers and images begin to appear online.
Universal Pictures (The Bad), a studio known for diddling with a filmmaker’s vision a bit too much, will be getting behind The Dark Tower. Ron Howard (The Good) directs, who has more power than Universal, therefore we can expect greatness. Now, Javier Bardem (The Ugly) is finally close to sealing his deal to play gunslinger Roland Deschain in the mammoth adaptation of the Stephen King 7-novel series that’ll span three movies and a limited run TV series in between each film, reports Deadline. Perfect casting. There’s a lot to be excited for.
Production begins this September on the film, with Howard also confirmed to direct the first TV segment.
Bardem would play Deschain, who becomes humanity’s last hope to save civilization as he hits the road to find the Dark Tower. Along the way, he encounters characters, good and bad, in a world that has an old West feel.
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TV: Bardem “Locked in Psychologically” to ‘Dark Tower’
MTV caught up with producer Brian Grazer who expressed Javier Bardem’s commitment to the forthcoming The Dark Tower adaptation.
“He’s locked in psychologically,” Grazer said of Bardem’s desire to play Roland Deschain, the Gunslinger. “He really wants to do it, so we’re absolutely rooting for him to do it.”
Ron Howard will direct the first of a potential trilogy that will also go multi-platform. Universal is aiming for a May 17, 2013 release. The books chronicle the mysterious The Gunslinger as he travels across a desolate and vaguely post-apocalyptic landscape in his quest for a black tower. Portals along the way eventually allow contact with our own modern world.
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