The Dark Tower Movie?

this is my idea:

Roland: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Guy Pearce, maybe viggo mortensen. an outside shot to clive owen(he was pretty bad ass as Dwight in Sin City)
Eddie: Ryan Reynolds, James Franco, josh holloway, jason lee, timothy olyphant
Susannah: not sure...maybe jada pinkett smith or thandie newton
Jake: not sure if he could pull off a NY accent, but freddie highmore is the only kid actor i've seen with any talent since haley joel osment.
Steven Deschain: Clint Eastwood or Scott Glenn
Cort: Ed Harris
Walter: not sure...maybe hugh laurie, but thats a tough one. or maybe hugo weaving.
Henry Dean: Edward Norton, Tim Roth
Hax the Cook: Michael Clarke Duncan
Nort: Dennis Hopper
Brown: Damian Lewis

thats freakin' wicked!!! Can't say my fanship for the series goes as far back as yours, as I'm only just now on the last book. But goddam if it isnt the best, most involving, intriging story of all time. this is gonna be an awesome series (of movies i hope, but t.v series just as good). all faith in jj, he should do it justice!

Good suggestions all around, but I would have to say (and you'll have to agree) that Cort would have to be Ron Pearlman.

I can just invision him saying "Maggot!".

I just saw the new Beowulf movie, and it struck me that maybe a realistic CGI medium like Beowulf would be perfect for the Dark Tower series. With all the weird and freaky crap that happens in the stories, not to mention young Roland, old Roland, Jake doesn't age, the different persona's of characters like Walter, Susannah having legs, then losing them, then getting Mia's white legs... and countless other examples, would be pretty well suited for a CGI film. But all that being said, I don't think Abrams would do CGI and it would probably end up looking fake and crappy and be a disappointment to all us fans.

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I'm not sure but it might now be mentioned on IMDb Pro. Is there someone out there that can verify or deny that?

In any case I always said the DT series, if done right, would rival LotR-and in my personal opinion, blows it away story and fantasy wise. Now that it looks like it's a go, I'm a little hesitant. I really really like the old adaptations like Carrie, Firestarter, Christine, Cujo, The Shining (hated the redone Shining), Misery, The Stand and some of his less fantastical stuff like Shawshank Redemption and the Green Mile, but there have been others that have really put a damper on transfering book-to-screen, like Rose Madder, The Tommyknockers, Storm of the Century, and others I wanted so badly to forget about that I apparently actually did.

As for the people to cast, I agree Clint would have been perfect for Roland, but some of these other names, I dunno. NOT Russel Crow. And although I really like DDL in the few movies I've seen him in, does he have the weathered yet timeless face to pull off a Roland that SK set him up to be? This is a thinker for me. I will say though that at this point in time the idea of putting Ryan Reynolds in this movie at all is completely and absolutely preposterous. I was forced to watch Waiting but managed to elude watching any of his stupid college-based movies, although I've seen parts of them. I simply cannot see him in any SK role in any book, ever. Does everyone else know something I don't? A role maybe where he played someone serious and impressed so many people here? Please, enlighten me. I honestly don't know where everyone's pulling Ryan Reynolds from. I remember a mention of Jim Carrey, and a few years ago I'd have said the same thing about him but since catching him in movies like 23 and some others, I'd have to say he could pull something off in the movie.

I'd love to see Ron Pearlman somewhere in there, as well as David Carradine or Jeremy Irons. All of the men in the movie have to be able to carry off a worn-down look considering the setting of the story, so no pretty boys like Johnny Depp. And I think Jada Pinkett Smith would be perfect for Susannah.



sometimes what you learn gets in the way of what you know

I like the idea of guy Pearce for Roland... he's an amazing, versatile actor and if you need any more convincing simply see The Proposition.

By the way... Daniel Craig is a terrible choice, in my opinion. I dont see that at all. Almost as much as I dont see Thomas Jane in the role.

The girl from 28 days later (forget her name) would be good as Suzanne.

I could see Edward Norton as Eddie... and even though I never much cared for him as an actor in the past, I could see Colin Farrell playing that role as well.

How bout Liev Schrieber as Walter?

After perusing through all of your choices and mine, I have created my ultimate dream cast for the Dark Tower on screen:


Roland - Sean Bean

Susannah - Naomi Harris

Eddie - Shawn Reaves

Eldred Jonas - Rutger Hauer

Gasher - Ron Perlman / Bob Hoskins

Walter O'Dim - Michael Douglas, Michael Emerson, or Michael Keaton (hehe)

Balazar - Andy Garcia

Cort - Ron Perlman / Clancy Brown

Callahan - Clint Eastwood

Tick Tock Man - Alexander Skaarsgard

Jack Mort - Adrien Brody with thick rimmed glasses, not buff like in Predators

Blaine the Mono - Douglas Rain (did HAL) get some clips from John Wayne movies

Finli O'Tego - James Gandolfini

Joe Collins - Joe Pantoliano




That's all I got:

Others that need to be casted: Mia, Balazar's men, Susan, Young Roland's ka-tet, Jake, Crimson King voice, Ted Brautigan and Dinky, Sheemie, Jonas's ka-tet, Rhea, Roland's parents, Vannay, the different ages of Mordred, and many more Patrick Danville too