SONY SPEEDS UP 'DARK TOWER' STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION

STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION Over the recent years there were many efforts to turn Stephen King's DARK TOWER saga into a movie franchise, but now it seems that Sony is finally speeding it up teaming with Media Rights Capital to produce the movie adaptation along with a TV series as well. The story follows a lone gunman Roland Deschain, who sets off on a journey to find THE DARK TOWER, a magical portal to other worlds. The movie will be based on the first book in the series, THE GUNSLINGER, which describes Roland's relationship with a young boy named Jake, who is from a different time and place. Ron Howard was previously set to direct the film withJavier Bardem and Russell Crowe being in the run for the lead role.