Of course, there can be no doubt that Mike Flanagan is aware of this, and he has consistently proved he is a master of his craft, in shaping source materials into something that works as well on the screen as it does on the page. The appearance of characters like Father Callahan from Salem’s Lot, Ted Brautigan from Low Men in Yellow Coats, and even Stephen King himself in the later stories in the series will require great skill to manage in ways that fully resonate with audiences, while making sense in the Stephen King Macroverse. This is despite there being obvious difficulties in adapting such a multi-stranded epic. The source material is so rich and strong that it would feel like a waste to not utilize it. In this way, Flanagan’s suggestion of a direct adaptation from the books makes sense. They deserve to be shown in the same spirit and manner as in the books for the emotional payoff at the end of the story to truly resonate. Roland, and his second ka-tet, which includes one of Stephen King's favorite characters, Eddie Dean, along with Jake Chambers, and Susannah Dean, are wonderful, complex, and deeply human characters. However, no matter what form this epic long-form story takes, it needs to be given the time to unfold and for the true depths of the characters to be revealed to audiences. It's none of them.” Given The Dark Tower’s beautiful complexity, that does seem a sensible position to take. It should be noted that when talking about the specific form a new adaptation of The Dark Tower will take, Mike Flanagan seems to be somewhat uncertain, stating, “ Is it a series? Is it a franchise of feature films? I don't know! It's all of those things. Related: The Fall Of The House Of Usher News & Updates: Everything We Know The Dark Tower Has A Lot Of Wasted Adaptation Potential What it would look like? It would look like the book, you know?"įor these reasons, it does feel like The Midnight Club showrunner, Mike Flanagan is uniquely positioned to make the kind of Dark Tower adaptation that maximizes the series’ extraordinary promise. Nothing would be a bigger honor or make me happier in my career than to be able to work on that. I can’t get too far away from it for too long. And I keep coming back to it because…it has its own gravity. In an interview with IGN, Flanagan says about The Dark Tower: Flanagan's love for Stephen King’s work in general and The Dark Tower in particular only add to his qualifications to adapt Stephen King. What's more, Mike Flanagan is currently in the middle of an impressive filmmaking hot streak. In the age of studio multiverses, the sheer potential of a great adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower is extremely tantalizing.
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