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Veidt

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Both are phenomenal. I am personally hoping for Viggo, but the mere fact that I am, is a valid indication that it will not be so.
 
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neat! would love to see this get made.

Was looking at the timeline on the books being written, I guess if you were reading those as they came out it would have been like waiting for George Martin to get off his ass :lol

Love stephen king, he's one of the first authors I started reading and I still love his stories. They're just never bad, although he often can't end his stories for shit.

as for ending opinions, there is something I love about the ending and some things I hate

love
what's actually in the tower, thought it was a fitting end

hate
the way every major badass character went out, Randall flag was awesome and the spider dicked him,then the spider got hungry and basically starved to death, I remember something about some house/monstery thing near the tower in a basement being all kinds of irritating (it's been a while) and the crimson king turning out to be some lame old lunatic was disappointing

But the ride was worth the disappointing ending, I continue to read anything stephen king due to how awesome the first 85% of all his books are.
 
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Hari Seldon

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Not a huge fan of King but I like the Dark Tower books. Both are really great casting choices, I would def be fine with either one. The No Country dude looks the part a little better I think. He is more BA like 'ol Clint Eastwood was. Also he is probably cheaper than Viggo.
 
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PhoncipleBone

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http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/javier-bardem-wanted-for-the-dark-tower/

Deadline said:
EXCLUSIVE: After Javier Bardem's terrifying Oscar-winning turn as the assassin in No Country For Old Men, is there any doubt he'd fit as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, the mammoth adaptation of the Stephen King 7-novel series that’ll span three movies and a limited run TV series in between?

I'm told that Bardem has officially been offered the lead role by director Ron Howard and Universal Pictures. While formal negotiations haven't yet begun, there's a high level of enthusiasm internally that they've got their cowboy. Akiva Goldsman has scripted the first movie, and will write the TV component as well. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer is producing with Goldsman and the author. Universal is financing and distributing the films, and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is backing the TV component, which will either be a limited run series or a miniseries.

It has been a heady week for Bardem. He received a Best Actor nomination for his performance as a terminally ill street hustler in the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-directed Biutiful, and Bardem and Penelope Cruz just welcomed their first son into the world. Since Deadline first revealed that King, Goldsman, Howard and Grazer were joining forces on the ambitious project that would tell the story on multiple platforms, speculation has been rampant over who'd play the lead role. Bardem has been mentioned, as has Viggo Mortensen and Christian Bale. Deschain is the last living member of a knightly order of gunslingers, and humanity’s last hope to save a civilization that will fall unless he finds the Dark Tower. At the time, Howard and Goldsman told me they saw the trilogy as their answer to the Peter Jackson-directed adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Ring. Instead of Middle Earth, the venue has an old West feel, which Goldsman described at the time as “an alternate Americana, one part post-apocalyptic, one part Sergio Leone.”

Bardem just wrapped the untitled next feature by Terrence Malick.

Howard plans at this point to direct the initial film as well as the TV component that will create a bridge to the second feature. The plan calls for the original actors to headline the TV version as well. The second film will pick up where the first left off. That would be followed by a TV installment that would be a prequel that introduces Deschain as a young man. The third film brings back the original cast once again return and complete the screen trilogy. So if Bardem closes a deal, he’ll likely appear in all three films and that first TV stint. Imagine's Erica Huggins will be executive producer with Kerry Foster of Weed Road. Bardem's repped by WME.
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At first glance of that article I thought the pic was of Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
 
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John Harker

Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Damn, was just coming to post that!

Wanted Viggo, no issues with Javier. Still really excited about it.
Too bad they didn't get Robin Firth to at least consult on the project though.
 
Simo

Simo

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Brian Grazer said last week they hope to make an official casting announcement within a week...wonder if it will now be Bardem?

Though the New York Post wrote today that Christian Bale was now in the running too ahead of Bardem and Viggo...
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bale_in_the_lead_zFpNlqEJYd5grv6q1V0P4J
From "Dark Knight" to "Dark Tower?" Fresh off his Golden Globe win for the "The Fighter," sources say Christian Bale has pulled ahead of Javier Bardem and Viggo Mortensen as Ron Howard and Stephen King's choice for "Tower" main character, gunslinger Roland Deschain. We previously reported that Howard's adaptation of King's books has set off a casting frenzy, with agents battling to land their clients roles in what promises to be a blockbuster franchise. A source said "Dexter" star Jennifer Carpenter is rising on the short list for the role of Susannah, as is French/Moroccan Ghita Tazi.
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No idea what's going on with their Susannah casting choices there.
 
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PhoncipleBone

Banned
Simo said:
Brian Grazer said last week they hope to make an official casting announcement within a week...wonder if it will now be Bardem?

Though the New York Post wrote today that Christian Bale was now in the running too ahead of Bardem and Viggo...
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bale_in_the_lead_zFpNlqEJYd5grv6q1V0P4J


No idea what's going on with their Susannah casting choices there.
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I would trust Deadline over the NYPost really.
 
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Alivor

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I started reading the series about 4 or 5 years ago, and stopped about halfway through 6. I'm gonna start them over soon. Sooo good.
 
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Clevinger

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Simo said:
Brian Grazer said last week they hope to make an official casting announcement within a week...wonder if it will now be Bardem?

Though the New York Post wrote today that Christian Bale was now in the running too ahead of Bardem and Viggo...
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bale_in_the_lead_zFpNlqEJYd5grv6q1V0P4J


No idea what's going on with their Susannah casting choices there.
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A source said "Dexter" star Jennifer Carpenter is rising on the short list for the role of Susannah, as is French/Moroccan Ghita Tazi.
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Wait, they're making Susannah white?
 
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petethepanda

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Bardem? He could maybe pull it off.

I'm fairly certain Howard/Grazer/Goldsman will fuck it up, though. They've been shit for most of the last decade.

I can only hope the white Susannah thing is just a rumor, that'd be retarded
 
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JDSN

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Smh at white Susannah.

Anyways:
06-sam-elliott-mustache.jpg

As Eldred Jonas, believe
 
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sarcastor

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javier? uh i thought Roland was suppose to be more Clint Eastwood?

i'm rereading the first book and i'm totally picturing a younger Clint.
 
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JDS 1977

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sarcastor said:
javier? uh i thought Roland was suppose to be more Clint Eastwood?

i'm rereading the first book and i'm totally picturing a younger Clint.
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I know right? What are they thinking? I'm losing interest with every new rumor i hear.
 
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Dresden

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Clint is too old.

Viggo just fits it perfectly. I still remember seeing Hidalgo and thinking that he'd make a badass gunslinger.

And I wish the series had ended with Wizard and Glass, because the later books just were no good.
 
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Ben Pierce

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Dresden said:
Clint is too old.

Viggo just fits it perfectly. I still remember seeing Hidalgo and thinking that he'd make a badass gunslinger.

And I wish the series had ended with Wizard and Glass, because the later books just were no good.
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Clint IS roland. I would love to see a young clint eastwood play roland
 
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Prince of Space

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It isn't; Stephen is Roland's father. Pretty sure he's in the flashback in The Gunslinger.

Bardem would be a great choice, but I'm still holding out hope for Mortensen or Jackman in the role. Really hope they aren't actually thinking of making Susannah white, but with Goldsman on board, nothing's safe I guess.
 
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Crovax33

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How much action is there in the series?

I really liked the Sword of Truth novels because most of them moved quickly and had a lot of action. The same thing for most of the Wheel of Time books.

Although I'm enjoying Song of Ice and Fire (reading a Feast for Crows now), it really doesn't have enough battles to keep me happy. It's extremely political, which can be fun and has been a nice break, but I want to get back into more action-packed fantasy.
 
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DanDeschain

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MrSunshine said:
Is it possible that the reporting is messed up, and those actresses are under consideration for Susan Delgado?
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Hopefully this. No way Howard could make Susannah white? Could he? What would be the point? I think Zoe Saldana would make a decent Suze. I always thought of her as more lightskinned.
 
Freshmaker

Freshmaker

I am Korean.
x Power Pad Death Stomp x said:
I hope so cause the combination of Susannah being white and being played by Dexters sister is EPIC FAIL.
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They could fix that by having Eddie played by Chris Tucker though.
 
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Stormwatch

Member
Jibber Hack said:
Wow, I just finished the series a couple of nights ago and was so bummed out. Nice to have another story to look forward to.
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Ditto, I just finished the whole series 2 days ago. I actually felt kinda empty for the past few days because I didn't have any new story to look forward to. I had been reading the books nonstop for the past year.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
x Power Pad Death Stomp x said:
I hope so cause the combination of Susannah being white and being played by Dexters sister is EPIC FAIL.
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I don't like the change, but there's almost no way that character could be acted ina way that wasn't a ridiculous and mildly racist stereotype
both of her personalities
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