The Dark Tower crumbles...LOST people out - writer of BATMAN AND ROBIN in

[ManaByte]

http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/04/dark-tower-by-ron-howard-brain-grazer-and-akiva-goldsman-.html

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot shingle, which has long sought to crack Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” book series as a television series, no longer has the rights to one of the author’s biggest properties.

Bad Robot has returned the rights back to the best-selling author. Now Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman are teaming up to tackle the fantasy Western.

The three are in discussions on a scenario that would see an adaptation begin as a movie, to be written by Goldsman and directed by Howard, that would lead to a TV series produced by Imagine’s small-screen division.

“Tower” is not set up, nor has any option deal been made, but insiders say Universal, home to Imagine, would be the studio that will release the movie.

That would be a contrast to the vision drawn up by Bad Robot, which had been eyeing their potential series as a reunion with “Lost” exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Because of the comprehensive nature of the project, the creators wanted to wait until “Lost” was over to give it their attention. When they realized they wouldn't be able to do an adaptation justice, they gave the rights back to King.

King’s magnum opus, “Tower” encompasses not just a narrative about the Man in Black and Roland, the Gunslinger, that spans seven lengthy books (and one short story), but also the entire universe of King’s fiction. Characters from his other novels flit in and out of “Tower” in minor and major ways.

Envisioned when King was still in his teens as his own take on spaghetti Westerns and the world of Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” “Tower” has also spawned a series of graphic novels from Marvel Comics, with the latest issue hitting shelves May 19. The property’s expansive nature and direct connection to King’s other works make it one of the biggest, ripest franchise possibilities in entertainment.

[ManaByte]

It'd still be better than most of the crap coming out anyways.

Nipples on the Gunslingers suit?

[ManaByte]

No the writing was just as bad.

Bruce Wayne: I'm going after Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, "alone".
Dick Grayson: Alone?
Bruce Wayne: That's right, Dick. I want them so much, I can taste it.
Dick Grayson: What? Nobody can face them but the big, bad bat?
Bruce Wayne: It's Poison Ivy too. She has us fighting over her.
Dick Grayson: Yeah right. You're just saying that so I can't kiss her, is that it.
Bruce Wayne: Listen dick, it's a poisonous kiss.
Dick Grayson: A poisonous kiss? You don't understand. She understands how I feel.
Bruce Wayne: She has clouded your mind and you're not thinking straight.
Dick Grayson: I "am" thinking straight. For the first time in a long time. I want a Robin signal in the sky, I'm sick of being in your shadow. 

[Bloodwake]

This movie was going to suck anyways. Did you not read that last book?

[ManaByte]

This movie was going to suck anyways. Did you not read that last book?

That's the thing. It was NOT going to be a movie. Bad Robot was going to turn it into a TV series once LOST finished. Now they don't have the rights anymore.

Now it's going to be one movie and the rest of it a TV series.

[Mupepe]

No the writing was just as bad.

Bruce Wayne: I'm going after Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, "alone".
Dick Grayson: Alone?
Bruce Wayne: That's right, Dick. I want them so much, I can taste it.
Dick Grayson: What? Nobody can face them but the big, bad bat?
Bruce Wayne: It's Poison Ivy too. She has us fighting over her.
Dick Grayson: Yeah right. You're just saying that so I can't kiss her, is that it.
Bruce Wayne: Listen dick, it's a poisonous kiss.
Dick Grayson: A poisonous kiss? You don't understand. She understands how I feel.
Bruce Wayne: She has clouded your mind and you're not thinking straight.
Dick Grayson: I "am" thinking straight. For the first time in a long time. I want a Robin signal in the sky, I'm sick of being in your shadow. 

For once I agree with your taste.  This movie is fucking terrible in every way.  Especially the writing.