The Dark Tower film director Nikolaj Arcel and his co-writer Anders Thomas Jensen are overseeing the series, which is expected to run a typical cable season of 10 to 13 episodes.

“The Dark Tower” is widely considered to be Stephen King’s masterpiece, but its mind-bending plot and intricate special effects have delayed its transition to the big screen.

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Two Stephen King big-screen adaptations, released a month apart, had disparate fates at the box office. We examine why “It” proved to be a monster hit while “The Dark Tower” collapsed.

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In the complex mythology of the series, the Dark Tower is the nexus of space and time. It's a literal building, a 600-foot tower made of black stone, that balances all of the realities in existence.

The Dark Tower just kind of there, firing off a few action scenes before disappearing from your mind. A big part is that The Dark Tower is altogether too serious for its own good.

But it doesn’t take more than 15 minutes to realize that there is no metaphor at work in “The Dark Tower.” Everything is on the surface here, and what you see is what you get.

Reviews for “ The Dark Tower ” were unleashed on the world late Wednesday night and, in general, the critics were not pleased. The adaptation of what is considered by many to be Stephen King ...