Dark Tower Trilogy and TV Series set for Ron Howard and Universal.
By Jarrod Sarafin 

Source: Universal Pictures

The Dark Tower movie trilogy tv series

Five months after reports revealed that Universal Pictures planned for a film trilogy and TV series based on Stephen King’s blockbuster series The Dark Tower, the studio has confirmed their intentions with the following announcement.

Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson, Co-Chairman Donna Langley—along with Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment and Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC & Universal Media Studios—today announced that Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have acquired the rights to produce three films and a television series based on the seven epic novels, short stories and comic books from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.

Ron Howard will direct the first film and the first season of television, which will be written by Akiva Goldsman. Goldsman will produce the film through his Weed Road Pictures with Howard and Grazer for Imagine Entertainment. Howard, Grazer and Goldsman will executive produce the television series for Universal Media Studios. Kerry Foster will executive produce the first film for Weed Road Pictures along with Todd Hallowell and Erica Huggins for Imagine Entertainment. Continue reading →