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Media Rights Capital May Take On THE DARK TOWER

The company that developed Seth MacFarlane's summer surprise, Ted and Neill Blomkamp's science-fiction film Elysium is very interested in Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

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By nailbiter111 - 8/21/2012


Earlier today Stephen King's The Dark Tower was dealt a major blow when Warner Bros. decided to pass on the ambitious project. That made WB the second major studio to pass after Universal had the first crack at it. Two doors close and another opens. Deadline is reporting that Media Rights Capital is now in talks to take on The Dark Tower. MRC's co-founder, Mordecai Wiczyk, is said to have a strong affinity for novel series, and since MacFarlane's Ted has been such a huge hit this summer the company is flush with cash.

The project is backed with some pretty big names. Ron Howard would direct and produce with longtime collaborator Brian Grazer. The project is struggling for backing because of its unusual plan to have three feature films and two limited run TV series. It's going to take one hell of a maestro to pull it off, but Ron Howard is as solid a bet as they come. It also doesn't hurt to have actor Russell Crowe circling the lead role, gunslinger Roland Deschain.

After the discouraging news that WB passed on The Dark Tower, author, Stephen King has commented on the potential of the big screen adaptation.

"The Dark Tower, to me, and I’m not unbiased because I’m the writer on this thing, but to me it looks like gold on the ground waiting to be picked up."
Source: Deadline
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CorndogBurglar - 8/21/2012, 3:07 AM
Mmmmm...im very skeptical about this getting made correctly.
AlexDeLarge87 - 8/21/2012, 3:23 AM
I dont judge yet but still cant see Crowe in the lead role.
P862010 - 8/21/2012, 3:46 AM
^hell of alot better than bardeem

should of got hugh jackman tho he looked like a young eastwood in australia
CrimsonReign - 8/21/2012, 3:57 AM
"should of got hugh jackman tho he looked like a young eastwood in australia"

This.
Roland - 8/21/2012, 4:58 AM
We shall see what comes of this. Im not getting my hopes up yet.
ShadowOfTheWeb - 8/21/2012, 5:01 AM
If done right it would be epic. Rusty could pull it off
ralfinader - 8/21/2012, 5:59 AM
Jackman or Urban would be good. If they can get a workable screenplay from the books, they have a franchise ready to go. Silly not to try to adapt this, but after some recent big budget flops, I see where the wariness is coming from.
iJackSparrow - 8/21/2012, 6:25 AM
I want Days of Future Past to be Jackman's swan song from the X-Men Universe. And I want him going out with a bang. I'm hoping for an in-story reboot, very much like Star Trek but much more epic for the X-Men, and regardless how much I love Jackman's Wolverine, the time is coming for him to retire his claws and let someone else take his place.

With that said, I think that nobody would be more perfect to the role of Roland Deschain than Hugh Jackman, and I'm rooting for the suits to realize how perfect he is for the role.
AlexDeLarge87 - 8/21/2012, 6:30 AM
Jackman would have been great. My personal favorite is James Caviezel but cause he is not MAJOR superstar never mind.

Timothy Olyphant would be great also. There is lots of great actors out there who would great in the role and they choose guys like Bardem and Crowe who doesnt fit at all.
They are great actors but not the right ones as Roland Deschain.
fettastic - 8/21/2012, 6:34 AM
Crowe would have to lose a LOT of weight and keep it off. It's not like he gained it for a role, he just gained it because fatty foods are yummy and he stopped giving a crap how he looks. Probably why he's had relatively few roles the last 8 years or so.

I was down with Javier Bardem.
KrazyForKomix - 8/21/2012, 6:54 AM
Actor Robert Taylor might be the guy you're looking for.
j0hnb1aze - 8/21/2012, 7:02 AM
There's still hope!

Jackman is NOT the Gunslinger.

I vote for an older looking Fassbender!
inky - 8/21/2012, 7:31 AM
warner and universal refusing to make it does tend towards it being made on the cheap or via a lucky hit with smaller studio.
personaly i think the David Gemmil Jerusalam man trilogy would make a far better movie than Stephen Kings meandering slow paced work.
BRandom - 8/21/2012, 7:38 AM
I just finished the last novel...wasn't crazy ab it (Wizard and Glass was the best of the 7), but all I ask that King keeps his ass out of the film!!! I hated how he put himself in the book...yet again
tricklove187 - 8/21/2012, 1:41 PM
Universal and WB are going to be kicking themselves in their Jewish asses when this gets made and it's a successful franchise.

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