Last week we got reports that Universal was having stomach problems over The Dark Tower. The problem? Money.
The news is posted below from Hollywood Reporter; first let me rant -- I'll feel better. The sad thing is that Universal knows that Stephen King fans will line up to see whatever they throw up on the screen. They don't have to give us anything along the lines of Lord of the Rings. They can hand out some Ed Wood level stuff, and we'll all go pay $10 each to see it. There. I feel better.
Here's what Hollywood Reporter posted:
Dark Tower is staying at Universal. At least for now.
The massive Universal-Imagine-NBC adaptation of Stephen King's mystical Western opus hit snags last week with some reports claiming that project was in turnaround.
The project did hit budgetary snags and the fall start date was shelved. But Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman have regrouped to try to bring the budget down.
Insiders say the end result is that Goldsman is now rewriting the script to reflect a lower price point. No start date has been given although it will certainly not be the fall.
What that does to the involvement of Javier Bardem, who was attached to star in the first movie and the first TV arc, is unclear.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dark-tower-stay-at-universal-188326
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