JJ Abrams to direct Dark Tower series?

o_someoldguy · 02-14-2007, 08:01 PM

JJ Abrams, creator of Lost *edit* Felicity and Alias:

http://movies.ign.com/articles/764/764210p1.html

and here:

http://digg.com/television/JJ_Abrams...k_Tower_Series

Also...

Steven King's pending stories to movie list:

Quote:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175/
The Talisman" (2008) (mini) TV Series (in production) (novel)
Cell (2007) (announced) (novel)
Black House (2008) (announced) (novel)
Creepshow (2008) (pre-production) (short story)
From a Buick 8 (2007) (pre-production) (novel)
The Mist (2007) (filming) (novel)
1408 (2007) (completed) (short story)

1480 trailer Stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
http://www.popoholic.com/2007/01/31/...-1408-trailer/

o_psycnet · 02-14-2007, 08:37 PM

All of those stories except Creepshow and 1408 tie in the Dark Tower some how...it's a shame though how if the DT series ever became a movie series, going to back to watch older Stephen King based films will have all those little tidbits removed (except The Stand TV miniseries, which had a fucking hella awesome Randall Flagg).

I'm also kinda choked that the plot for "The Signal" is almost identical to "Cell"

Lost · 02-14-2007, 10:06 PM

The Mist is a short story if I'm not mistaken, one of his earlier ones. But you're shittin me, they're really going to make a DT series? Damn, first the Song of Ice and Fire on HBO, now this. Rock.

o_soulcutter · 02-15-2007, 12:11 AM

The Mist, if it's the one I'm thinking of, was a damn good short story.

Lost · 02-15-2007, 01:14 AM

With the escaping mist from the military base? Gots aliens eating everyone outside?

o_soulcutter · 02-15-2007, 03:06 AM

That's the one.

o_psycnet · 02-15-2007, 04:27 AM

Actually, the 'mist' in the The Mist is actually whats known (in Mid-World, the world of the Gunslinger) as a 'Thinny', one of which is chronicled in Wizard And Glass. It causes people to ascend to the higher levels of the Tower and gives them the ability to see creatures that exist normally but whose existance we cannot acknowledge on the lower levels of the Tower. See: Insomnia for a good look at how the 'level's work. As well, check Black House for ideas on 'level gates' (not 'world gates' like those seen in the Dark Tower series and It)

But yes, The Mist is the best story in Skeleton Crew, but only slightly better than 'The Raft' in the same collection.

o_kam · 02-15-2007, 04:50 AM

He doesn't have anything to do with Heroes.
Felicity, Alias and Lost.

o_nezumi · 02-15-2007, 05:58 AM

I liked the first 3 dark tower books. The 4th was it's own thing, and the 5th 6th and 7th seemed to kinda spiral out of controll.

I have almost no other experience with King though so maybe I'd enjoy the later books more otherwise.

o_psycnet · 02-15-2007, 06:02 AM

The first 4 are pretty gold and yeah it starts to turn down, though I don't think VII was that terrible, but I also wasn't flabbergasted by the appearance of Patrick Danneville, having read Insomnia twice

That pretty much the only reason I read King however, just to get every scrap of his universe tied together. Not only Dark Tower novels, but places like Derry (Insomnia, It) and Castle Rock (Cujo, Christine, Needful Things, Liseys Story) all tie into some crazy King universe.

Frankly reading a 600 page book with about 4 tiny references to the DT series or characters makes me cream my pants

o_pushit · 02-15-2007, 12:15 PM

i've been waiting for this shit since i was like 10.

hopefully they won't fuck it up.

o_someoldguy · 02-15-2007, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kam

He doesn't have anything to do with Heroes.
Felicity, Alias and Lost.

Ooops... you are correct. It's Abrams' childhood and still friend Greg Gunberg that did Heroes. That's what I get for just glossing over the Abrams' bio!

o_fail · 02-15-2007, 10:28 PM

I just finished the Dark Tower series. Personally I think they're going to ruin it. Though I do look forward to the comic series set between the Mejis and Jericho Hill. As for the books themselves I think 3 was a snooze fest and the deaths of characters were pretty lame (VI and VII). Especially the Jake (alas, ka is a wheel.)

o_dr zoidberg · 02-15-2007, 11:55 PM

This some novels being made to films?

o_gunslinger · 02-16-2007, 11:50 AM

DT series is great although after wizard and glass things go off the boil a bit. Last book is a return to the earlier stages, but like all Stephen King books, the endings just seem a little... bleh, like it's not really been fully thought out.

As for the comics and tv series, noooooooo! It has cock up written all over it.

02-14-2007, 10:06 PM	#3
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	The Mist is a short story if I'm not mistaken, one of his earlier ones. But you're shittin me, they're really going to make a DT series? Damn, first the Song of Ice and Fire on HBO, now this. Rock. __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

02-15-2007, 01:14 AM	#5
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	With the escaping mist from the military base? Gots aliens eating everyone outside? __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

02-15-2007, 10:28 PM	#13
o_fail Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I just finished the Dark Tower series. Personally I think they're going to ruin it. Though I do look forward to the comic series set between the Mejis and Jericho Hill. As for the books themselves I think 3 was a snooze fest and the deaths of characters were pretty lame (VI and VII). Especially the Jake (alas, ka is a wheel.) Last edited by o_fail; 02-15-2007 at 10:33 PM.

02-14-2007, 08:37 PM	#2
o_psycnet Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada eh? Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	All of those stories except Creepshow and 1408 tie in the Dark Tower some how...it's a shame though how if the DT series ever became a movie series, going to back to watch older Stephen King based films will have all those little tidbits removed (except The Stand TV miniseries, which had a fucking hella awesome Randall Flagg). I'm also kinda choked that the plot for "The Signal" is almost identical to "Cell"

02-15-2007, 12:11 AM	#4
o_soulcutter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ohio Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The Mist, if it's the one I'm thinking of, was a damn good short story.

02-15-2007, 03:06 AM	#6
o_soulcutter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ohio Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	That's the one.

02-15-2007, 04:27 AM	#7
o_psycnet Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada eh? Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Actually, the 'mist' in the The Mist is actually whats known (in Mid-World, the world of the Gunslinger) as a 'Thinny', one of which is chronicled in Wizard And Glass. It causes people to ascend to the higher levels of the Tower and gives them the ability to see creatures that exist normally but whose existance we cannot acknowledge on the lower levels of the Tower. See: Insomnia for a good look at how the 'level's work. As well, check Black House for ideas on 'level gates' (not 'world gates' like those seen in the Dark Tower series and It) But yes, The Mist is the best story in Skeleton Crew, but only slightly better than 'The Raft' in the same collection.

02-15-2007, 04:50 AM	#8
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	He doesn't have anything to do with Heroes. Felicity, Alias and Lost.

02-15-2007, 05:58 AM	#9
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I liked the first 3 dark tower books. The 4th was it's own thing, and the 5th 6th and 7th seemed to kinda spiral out of controll. I have almost no other experience with King though so maybe I'd enjoy the later books more otherwise.

02-15-2007, 06:02 AM	#10
o_psycnet Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada eh? Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The first 4 are pretty gold and yeah it starts to turn down, though I don't think VII was that terrible, but I also wasn't flabbergasted by the appearance of Patrick Danneville, having read Insomnia twice That pretty much the only reason I read King however, just to get every scrap of his universe tied together. Not only Dark Tower novels, but places like Derry (Insomnia, It) and Castle Rock (Cujo, Christine, Needful Things, Liseys Story) all tie into some crazy King universe. Frankly reading a 600 page book with about 4 tiny references to the DT series or characters makes me cream my pants

02-15-2007, 12:15 PM	#11
o_pushit Join Date: May 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	i've been waiting for this shit since i was like 10. hopefully they won't fuck it up.

02-15-2007, 11:55 PM	#14
o_dr zoidberg Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	This some novels being made to films?

02-16-2007, 11:50 AM	#15
o_gunslinger Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	DT series is great although after wizard and glass things go off the boil a bit. Last book is a return to the earlier stages, but like all Stephen King books, the endings just seem a little... bleh, like it's not really been fully thought out. As for the comics and tv series, noooooooo! It has cock up written all over it.

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