Adaptations
It was announced in September 2010 that Universal had acquired the rights to produce three films and a TV series based on the seven novels, as well as the short stories and comic books. Ron Howard will direct the first film and the first season of the TV series, with the script being written by Akiva Goldsman. Actor Javier Bardem was set to portray Roland. As of March 2012, Universal has dropped the Dark Tower project, but it has since been picked up by Time Warner, who will handle the film and television series through Warner Bros and HBO respectively. In August 2012, it was reported that Bardem was no longer attached, and that Russell Crowe may be cast if Warner Bros picks up the project.
In Frank Darabont's 2007 film adaptation of King's novella The Mist, the main character, David Drayton, can be seen painting a movie poster with Roland in the center, standing in front of a trans-dimensional Ironwood door, with a rose and the dark tower to each side.
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