The production staff at Bad Robot no longer owns the rights to the The Dark Tower series. While J.J. Abrams long sought to make the Stephen King novels into a TV series with the help of Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, they reverted the rights to the author when they decided they couldn’t do the adaptation justice.

The next team to get a crack at the fantasy Western will be Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman. The trio wants to begin the adaptation with a Universal movie written by Goldsman and directed by Howard, which would then lead to a TV series produced by Imagine’s TV department.

The Dark Tower is considered King’s magnum opus, spanning several books and mixing elements of both Westerns and fantasy with references to his other works sprinkled in. Given the large appeal of the writings of Stephen King, adapting the ongoing story is no doubt as appealing as it is difficult to envision. Although there have been other books and comics tied to The Dark Tower, we’ve yet to see a video game. The brand power of the series and Stephen King in general could make this an opportunity to launch a game alongside a movie, if King were to approve it.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter