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Head of Amazon Studios Says “The Dark Tower” TV Series is Still Very Much Alive
Last year’s feature film adaptation of The Dark Tower may have been a big ole misfire, but that’s not stopping Amazon Studios from developing a TV series based on Stephen King’s epic saga. What’s the latest on all that? Speaking with Deadline, Amazon Studios’ head Jennifer Salke noted that “The Dark Tower” is still on the menu.
“Those are scripts that I haven’t gotten yet,” Salke told Deadline, speaking specifically about The Wheel of Time and The Dark Tower. “I’ll be seeing those, that material, in the coming weeks. None of those things are dead. They’re very much alive.”
At this time, we have no idea what form Amazon’s “The Dark Tower” will be taking, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see it disregard last year’s film entirely and start fresh with King’s material. One could say that the movie was ill-advised from the start, what with King’s saga spanning 8 books and all, so we’re thinking a rebuilt-from-the-ground-up television series is a much better approach to this particular adaptation.
More on this developing project as we learn it.
Last week we learned that Steve Buscemi had joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, and Variety lets us know that Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) has also signed on.
Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.
Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…
“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.
We don’t know much about “Wednesday” Season 2 at the moment but Jenna Ortega has promised that the new season will be “bolder” and darker than the first season of the series.
“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.
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