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At the Movies: J.J. Abrams to Climb Dark Tower?
Many Dark Tower fans have deemed it a Mission: Impossible, so.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Lost boss J.J. Abrams and Stephen King are in talks to bring the Dark Tower novels to the screen. Thus far, it is unclear whether the project would definitely be theatrical, given the sprawling breadth of the seven-book saga, or a TV mini.... The Departed's Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg will reunite in The Fighter, a boxing film based on the life of "Irish" Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and his brother/trainer (Damon).... Per Variety, Mark Ruffalo is Adrien Brody's big bro and fellow con in The Brothers Bloom.
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Feb 14, 2007 10:03 AM
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This could be interesting or a disaster. The Dark Tower is a complex seven-part epic that quite frankly I could never imagine being adapted for the big screen. If anyone could pull it off, though, I would say that J.J. Abrams would be that person. I see a lot of similarities between some of the elements of Lost and some parts of the Dark Tower series.
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Feb 14, 2007 12:02 PM
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Maybe J.J. is hoping for a little LOTR or Potter action as I don't see how it's possible to cover so much ground in even a 3 hr. movie. And as much as I love Mr. King's work, other than Carrie, Shawshank, and Green Mile, his books don't seem to translate to the screen very well. But hope springs eternal, right?
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Feb 14, 2007 2:26 PM
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