The Dark Tower, while far from perfect, is one of my favorite book series of all time. I’m so gutted at how they ruined the film adaptation. I’ve read the 2014 draft of the script and, while it wasn’t amazing, I wouldn’t have hated it and it would’ve been an okay foundation for a film series that followed books 2+ more closely.
But no, they cut that script to the bone and butchered both Roland’s motivation and the ending.
Here’s hoping the TV series that’s supposedly still going ahead is, in fact, a complete reboot as has been suggested instead of taking place within the universe of the film…
Has King complained about Dark Tower the way he does about Kubrick’s version of The Shining? 😉
No, he’s cooled off on complaining about adaptations and has become warmer about Kubrick’s film in recent years, too.
Besides, he was hyping up the DT movie during the run-up to its release, so if he does have a problem with it it’ll probably be a while before he’ll open up about it.