Mike Flanagan assures followers that his upcoming Exorcist film isn’t distracting him from the collection adaptation of Stephen King’s The Darkish Tower
As soon as arrange at Netflix, Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy’s manufacturing firm Intrepid Photos now has an unique multiyear general collection cope with Amazon MGM Studios – and one of many exhibits they’re engaged on for Prime Video is Flanagan’s dream mission, a collection adaptation of Stephen King’s Darkish Tower novels. Flanagan additionally not too long ago signed on to make the following Exorcist film for Common Photos and Blumhouse Productions, a transfer that prompted some King followers to fret that he’s being distracted from his efforts to carry The Darkish Tower to the display… however throughout a current interview on the podcast Speaking Scared, Flanagan assured followers that’s not the case.
Flanagan mentioned (with due to Cinema Mix for the transcription), “Oh, (The Exorcist) will not be in the best way. They coexist very nicely. I feel the trick with The Darkish Tower is simply it’s nonetheless simply takes an infinite period of time to get going. However we’re additional alongside than the final time we spoke. It appears to be shifting by itself momentum. There’s a lot logistical, boring, authorized stuff that we’ve got to type of machete our manner by means of to get that factor shifting. However yeah, it has by no means stalled and not one of the different work that’s that’s type of emerged has in any manner taken away from it.“
We beforehand heard that Intrepid was capable of get the Darkish Tower rights as a result of Flanagan despatched Stephen King “a really, very detailed define of what I wished to do with it. And it was in response to that, that he gave us the rights. A mission like this, I wouldn’t wish to be concerned in it in any respect If we have been taking it in a path that was going to be blasphemous to the Stephen King materials, however he’s been very, very supportive and really enthusiastic about what we’d love to do with it.“
Flanagan has mentioned he envisions The Darkish Tower story enjoying out over the course of 5 seasons, so right here’s hoping that he’ll not solely have the ability to get a primary season of the present made, but additionally that he’ll have the ability to proceed by means of the remaining 4 seasons value of story. He has additionally mentioned that the 5 seasons may very well be adopted by two function movies, however he doesn’t wish to get too far forward of himself. The main target proper now’s on getting the collection up and working.
Lots of Stephen King’s tales and novels are linked to The Darkish Tower not directly, however the Darkish Tower collection itself consists of The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, The Wind By way of the Keyhole, Wolves of the Calla, Tune of Susannah, The Darkish Tower, and the quick story The Little Sisters of Eluria.
Whereas we wait to see when Flanagan’s The Darkish Tower collection will make it into manufacturing, his function adaptation of King’s quick story The Lifetime of Chuck is able to begin making its manner out into the world and his Exorcist film is scheduled to succeed in theatres on March 13, 2026.
Are you glad to listen to that Flanagan’s different tasks aren’t getting in the best way of The Darkish Tower?
