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Few details had been revealed about the show. Sam Strike (Nightflyers) was on board to play Roland Deschain, aka The Gunslinger, while Jasper Paakkonen (Vikings) would have played the villainous The Man in Black. Former The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker was also said to star in an undisclosed role. Beyond that, we heard early on that the show would have specifically adapted Stephen King’s book Wizard and Glass.
“I’m incredibly proud of the work our cast and crew did on The Dark Tower pilot. They are an immensely creative group of people who gave it their all and took big risks. I know they delivered big time. Tbh, I wouldn’t change a thing. We worked hard to honor this amazing story and bring it to life. I believe it’s the version fans have been waiting for.
Ask Stephen King and Robin Furth. But like Roland, I gotta keep searching. The quest continues. There are other worlds than these… It’s a tough business but I’m incredibly lucky to have worked on The Dark Tower for the past three years. I started in March 2017. I believe Stephen King wrote it over 37 years. See you in 2054.”
The Dark Tower movie, released in 2017, was panned by critics and grossed just $113 million at the global box office. Initially, the studio had ambitious plans to make a tie-in TV show that would work in tandem with possible sequels. That didn’t exactly pan out. With any luck, this adaptation will find a new home in the future. This news comes to us via Deadline.
