{"id":2042561,"date":"2026-07-14T10:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042561"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:19:46","slug":"it-sounds-like-mike-flanagan-is-having-a-tough-time-getting-the-green-light-on-his-long-awaited-dark-tower-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042561","title":{"rendered":"It Sounds Like Mike Flanagan Is Having a Tough Time Getting the Green Light on His Long-Awaited Dark Tower TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-862658659 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Mike Flanagan has issued an update on his long-awaited The Dark Tower TV series, although it sounds like it\u2019s still far from becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Flanagan, famous for Netflix horror shows The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, has been trying to get an adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s much-loved fantasy saga The Dark Tower off the ground for years, and while the script for Season 1 has King\u2019s seal of approval, he\u2019s struggling to get the go-ahead to start production on what he has described as his \u201cHoly Grail\u201d project.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Dark Tower is currently \u201cone of the most complicated properties to get started,\u201d Flanagan told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/carrie-tv-series-first-look-mike-flanagan-modern-twist-exclusive-12015053\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. \u201cGetting the green light on Dark Tower is a much longer and more involved process than anything else I\u2019ve ever approached in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Essentials: Stephen King&#8217;s Dark Tower Multiverse<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click through for a breakdown of all the novels necessary to fully enjoy Stephen King&apos;s epic Dark Tower saga, listed in the order of release.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\n&lt;i&gt;Warning: Very vague spoilers follow about certain connections between books.&lt;\/i&gt;\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Salem&apos;s Lot (1975)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSalem&apos;s Lot is King&apos;s second published novel, and after all these years it remains one of his best and most terrifying works. It certainly set the tone for much of King&apos;s work to come, focusing equally on supernatural horror and the ordinary, mundane evil that lurks behind closed doors. It&apos;s a story that steadily builds a sense of dread as an intrepid few try to save their idyllic small town from being overrun by vampires.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSalem&apos;s Lot eventually pays off in a significant way where the Dark Tower books are concerned. One character in particular, Father Callahan, has a big part to play later in the series.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 20 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe Gunslinger is where the Dark Tower saga truly begins. This is the book that introduces Roland Deschain, last of the fabled line of gunslingers and a man obsessed with finding the fabled Dark Tower and saving his dying world. As Roland pursues the mysterious Man in Black across an endless desert, he encounters strange creatures, unholy demons and a boy inexplicably ripped from 20th century America. King released a revised version of the novel in 2003, one rewritten to more closely align the story with later sequels.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Pet Sematary (1983)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nPet Sematary&apos;s connection to the Dark Tower mythos is pretty tenuous - sort of a &quot;Six Degrees of Roland Deschain&quot; situation. Assuming you do read Pet Sematary, there&apos;s a fascinating cameo to be found in 1994&apos;s Insomnia, a book with a much clearer link to the Dark Tower series.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nStill, we feel this book belongs on any good Stephen King reading list solely because of its quality. It&apos;s among King&apos;s best and most emotionally harrowing novels. It&apos;s also quite possibly the scariest book he&apos;s ever written. Suffice it to say, you don&apos;t want to read those Wendigo scenes while locked away in a remote cabin in the woods.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;The Talisman (1984)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe Talisman is notable for two reasons. It&apos;s a collaboration between King and fellow horror luminary Peter Straub. It&apos;s also the rare King book that veers more into fantasy than horror. The Talisman follows a boy named Jack Sawyer who sets out on a quest to find an artifact capable of curing his mother&apos;s cancer. That journey weaves in and out of a parallel reality called &quot;The Territories.&quot;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nWhile this story&apos;s direct ties to the Dark Tower books are only really made apparent in the 2001 sequel The Black House, even in 1984 The Talisman was notable for delving deeper into the King multiverse and the concept of parallel worlds that exist as distorted mirrors of our own.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;It (1986)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIt is easily one of King&apos;s most well-known works. It&apos;s also among his longest, chronicling a battle between a group of social outcasts and a demonic entity haunting the town of Derry, Maine across multiple time periods. It never really forges a firm connection to the Dark Tower books, but it&apos;s still worth reading for two reasons. One, it&apos;s an essential King novel that many regard as one of his best. Two, it does offer a fuller sense of the true scope of King&apos;s multiverse and the forces that keep it in balance.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The priority for Flanagan is <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/this-was-never-going-to-be-a-straight-adaptation-mike-flanagans-carrie-tv-show-makes-big-changes-from-stephen-kings-horror-novel\">his Carrie TV show adaptation for Amazon\u2019s Prime Video<\/a>, which he developed as part of a multi-year deal he signed with the streamer earlier this year. The Dark Tower is not a part of the Amazon deal, although Flanagan has indicated that Prime Video could get behind it eventually. The big idea, Flanagan has said, is for five seasons of The Dark Tower followed by two standalone movies. But will they be made? That&#8217;s the big question for fans, and, it seems, Flanagan himself.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fans certainly hope Flanagan will get his chance to adapt The Dark Tower, especially after the 2017 movie, starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as his nemesis, Walter Padick, was panned by critics. Following the 2017 Nikolaj Arcel-directed feature adaptation, Flanagan said, \u201cWe can\u2019t let that be the final word. We really can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Mike Flanagan has issued an update on his long-awaited The Dark Tower TV series, although it sounds like it\u2019s still far from becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Flanagan, famous for Netflix horror shows The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, has been trying to get an adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s much-loved fantasy saga The Dark Tower off the ground for years, and while the script for Season 1 has King\u2019s seal of approval, he\u2019s struggling to get the go-ahead to start production on what he has described as his \u201cHoly Grail\u201d project.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Dark Tower is currently \u201cone of the most complicated properties to get started,\u201d Flanagan told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/carrie-tv-series-first-look-mike-flanagan-modern-twist-exclusive-12015053\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. \u201cGetting the green light on Dark Tower is a much longer and more involved process than anything else I\u2019ve ever approached in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Essentials: Stephen King&#8217;s Dark Tower Multiverse<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click through for a breakdown of all the novels necessary to fully enjoy Stephen King&apos;s epic Dark Tower saga, listed in the order of release.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\n&lt;i&gt;Warning: Very vague spoilers follow about certain connections between books.&lt;\/i&gt;\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Salem&apos;s Lot (1975)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSalem&apos;s Lot is King&apos;s second published novel, and after all these years it remains one of his best and most terrifying works. It certainly set the tone for much of King&apos;s work to come, focusing equally on supernatural horror and the ordinary, mundane evil that lurks behind closed doors. It&apos;s a story that steadily builds a sense of dread as an intrepid few try to save their idyllic small town from being overrun by vampires.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nSalem&apos;s Lot eventually pays off in a significant way where the Dark Tower books are concerned. One character in particular, Father Callahan, has a big part to play later in the series.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 20 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe Gunslinger is where the Dark Tower saga truly begins. This is the book that introduces Roland Deschain, last of the fabled line of gunslingers and a man obsessed with finding the fabled Dark Tower and saving his dying world. As Roland pursues the mysterious Man in Black across an endless desert, he encounters strange creatures, unholy demons and a boy inexplicably ripped from 20th century America. King released a revised version of the novel in 2003, one rewritten to more closely align the story with later sequels.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Pet Sematary (1983)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nPet Sematary&apos;s connection to the Dark Tower mythos is pretty tenuous - sort of a &quot;Six Degrees of Roland Deschain&quot; situation. Assuming you do read Pet Sematary, there&apos;s a fascinating cameo to be found in 1994&apos;s Insomnia, a book with a much clearer link to the Dark Tower series.\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nStill, we feel this book belongs on any good Stephen King reading list solely because of its quality. It&apos;s among King&apos;s best and most emotionally harrowing novels. It&apos;s also quite possibly the scariest book he&apos;s ever written. Suffice it to say, you don&apos;t want to read those Wendigo scenes while locked away in a remote cabin in the woods.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;The Talisman (1984)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nThe Talisman is notable for two reasons. It&apos;s a collaboration between King and fellow horror luminary Peter Straub. It&apos;s also the rare King book that veers more into fantasy than horror. The Talisman follows a boy named Jack Sawyer who sets out on a quest to find an artifact capable of curing his mother&apos;s cancer. That journey weaves in and out of a parallel reality called &quot;The Territories.&quot;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nWhile this story&apos;s direct ties to the Dark Tower books are only really made apparent in the 2001 sequel The Black House, even in 1984 The Talisman was notable for delving deeper into the King multiverse and the concept of parallel worlds that exist as distorted mirrors of our own.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;It (1986)&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\nIt is easily one of King&apos;s most well-known works. It&apos;s also among his longest, chronicling a battle between a group of social outcasts and a demonic entity haunting the town of Derry, Maine across multiple time periods. It never really forges a firm connection to the Dark Tower books, but it&apos;s still worth reading for two reasons. One, it&apos;s an essential King novel that many regard as one of his best. Two, it does offer a fuller sense of the true scope of King&apos;s multiverse and the forces that keep it in balance.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The priority for Flanagan is <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/this-was-never-going-to-be-a-straight-adaptation-mike-flanagans-carrie-tv-show-makes-big-changes-from-stephen-kings-horror-novel\">his Carrie TV show adaptation for Amazon\u2019s Prime Video<\/a>, which he developed as part of a multi-year deal he signed with the streamer earlier this year. The Dark Tower is not a part of the Amazon deal, although Flanagan has indicated that Prime Video could get behind it eventually. The big idea, Flanagan has said, is for five seasons of The Dark Tower followed by two standalone movies. But will they be made? That&#8217;s the big question for fans, and, it seems, Flanagan himself.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fans certainly hope Flanagan will get his chance to adapt The Dark Tower, especially after the 2017 movie, starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as his nemesis, Walter Padick, was panned by critics. Following the 2017 Nikolaj Arcel-directed feature adaptation, Flanagan said, \u201cWe can\u2019t let that be the final word. We really can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Flanagan has issued an update on his long-awaited The Dark Tower TV series, although it sounds like it\u2019s still far from becoming a reality. Flanagan, famous for Netflix horror shows The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, has been trying to get an adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s much-loved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,243],"class_list":["post-2042561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-ign-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2042561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2042561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}