Launched in 2017, The Darkish Tower was a kind of Stephen King variations that followers had been anticipating for many years, however sadly, it fell flat on its face and was panned by critics, thus placing an finish to the movie collection earlier than it may even start. Its streaming availability has been sporadic at greatest, because the film has bounced from platform to platform through the years, making it troublesome to look at for individuals who needed to see what all of the fuss was about. Fortunately, The Darkish Tower has landed a brand new residence, and beginning subsequent month, you’ll be capable to see Roland, Jake, and The Man in Black journey from New York to Mid-World in all their disjointed glory.
Director Nikolaj Arcel’s tackle The Darkish Tower will hit Netflix on Dec. 1 (through What’s on Netflix), so that you don’t have an excessive amount of longer to attend. Starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain, Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers, and Matthew McConaughey as Walter Padick (a.ok.a. The Man in Black), the movie was produced for $66 million, however solely managed to soak up $113 million on the field workplace, which was disappointing when you think about that King readers had been clamoring for a devoted adaptation for years earlier than it got here alongside.
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Sadly, The Darkish Tower was something however devoted, and took parts from the primary and third books (The Gunslinger and The Waste Lands), whereas additionally making an attempt to function a sequel to the novels on the similar time, as a substitute of simply touchdown on one story and taking issues from there. This created a jumbled mess that even fixed readers discovered onerous to observe, and for individuals who weren’t accustomed to King’s work? Sorry, you had been out of luck, as a result of who is aware of what the heck was occurring? Producer Ron Howard admitted in 2019 on the Completely satisfied Unhappy Confused podcast that it didn’t adhere to the supply materials, and strayed away from horror parts, which was a significant factor in its downfall. “We all the time felt like we had been form of holding again one thing, and I believe on the finish of the day it was that,” he advised host Josh Horowitz.
The Way forward for The Darkish Tower Is in Good Palms
Fortunately, The Darkish Tower is at present in good palms because of Mike Flanagan, who’s within the means of creating it as a TV collection for Amazon. The author/director is a significant King aficionado, and has had nice success with earlier variations equivalent to Gerald’s Recreation, Physician Sleep, and subsequent yr’s The Lifetime of Chuck, which is already getting rave opinions. Although issues are taking a very long time to get transferring, that’s truly a great signal for followers, signaling that they’re in no rush to place out a subpar product, and are as a substitute targeted on getting issues proper this time round.
Whereas Flanagan has loads on his plate proper now (together with The Exorcist), he did provide an replace on The Darkish Tower earlier this yr, calming the fears of followers who consider his different initiatives are getting in the best way of the collection. He stated he’s greater than able to engaged on two issues directly, however admits that finally Roland and the gang are going to need to take priority over every part else.
“It’s completely possible for me to be engaged on different issues on the similar time. I want that wasn’t the case, and there’s going to be some extent, hopefully quickly, the place that mission must knock every part else out of the best way. The Darkish Tower form of has to claim itself. We’re simply not there, and I couldn’t make that the case now if I needed to. There’s simply an excessive amount of we’re nonetheless having to get via to get it up.”
- Launch Date
- August 3, 2017