Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of The Dark Tower gets Stephen King’s nod

Over the past decade Mike Flanagan quickly became a horror icon thanks to his convoluted films such as Oculus and mind-blowing horrors on TV such as midnight mass. Late last year it was reported that Flanagan had a film adaptation of the series. Stephen KingX Dark tower in works. Now, King himself has broken his silence on the potential series and given his horrific approval.

Replying to a passionate fan on Twitter who wants Flanagan and Amazon to pick up the series, King simply said, “The author agrees.” Now, this shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, as both Flanagan and King seem to have a great working relationship that began with 2017’s underrated Netflix gem. Gerald’s game. The critical success of this film led to Flanagan’s biggest film to date, 2019. Doctor Sleep. Shine The sequel may not have been as successful at the box office as horror fans hoped, but it’s one of the best films of any genre to come out in the last half century. On top of that, both Doctor Sleep And Gerald’s game - two of the best films based on King’s work. Doctor Sleep in particular, it’s such a great horror epic that makes Flanagan the perfect man to fight Dark tower. Especially after the poorly received 2017 film adaptation.

Adaptation of Flanagan’s Modern King of Horrors

while the king Dark tower The series includes eight novels, a short story and a children’s book. Flanagan plans now for five seasons of the series with two subsequent feature films. The writer-director has already written a pilot episode at the end of last year, which he is very pleased with. Flanagan ended his deal with Netflix at the end of 2022 and signed a new deal with Amazon. However, if the series does take place, the director plans to buy Dark tower around.

Flanagan became the king of horror adaptations. In addition to working with King, Flangan adapted Shirley Jacksonwrites in The ghosts of the house on the hill And The Haunting of Bly Manor And Christopher Pikewrites to midnight club. Flanagan’s next adaptation and latest project for Netflix, Fall of the House of Usherbased on various works from Edgar Allan Poe. Which plans to release sometime this year. Until we hear more news about Dark toweryou can view Collider’s recent interview with Flanagan below.