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"The Dark Tower": Glen Mazzara "Incredibly Proud" of Amazon Studios Pilot: "I Believe It's the Version Fans Have Been Waiting For"

Earlier this week, it was announced that Amazon Studios was passing on the series pilot for Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels, with initial reports being that Amazon executives did not feel it was as strong as other big-ticket pilots that were given greelights like Wheel Of Time and The Lord Of the Rings. Media Rights Capital (MRC) is looking to shop the two original scripts that resulted in the initial pilot order.

Developed by showrunner/executive producer Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead), Akiva Goldsman (Titans, Star Trek: Discovery) and King, Amazon's The Dark Tower television series was to be a more faithful retelling of the books than what was attempted cinematically. Mazzara took to Twitter after the official word came down, expressing pride in the work that was done and thanking everyone involved throughout the process:

King retweeted Mazzara's message, along with sending a message of "love and good thoughts" Mazzara's way:

Reports were that the series would've taken place years before the events from the film, focusing on Deschain's origin and backstory: from how he first earned his guns and became a gunslinger to his first encounter with the villainous The Man in Black. Sam Strike (Roland Deschain, aka The Gunslinger), Jasper Pääkkönen (The Man in Black aka Randall Flagg aka Marten Broadcloak), Game of Thrones' Jerome Flynn, and Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead) were reportedly set to officially join the 13-episode series produced by Media Rights Capital (MRC), which was supposed to be released this year.

First published by Grant in 1982, here's a look at the first novel in King's The Dark Tower series, The Gunslinger:

In the first book of this brilliant series, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

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