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It coulda been great! J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof — two of the key dudes behind "Lost" — were set to adapt Stephen King's sci-fi/fantasy opus, " The Dark Tower ," for the big screen. Such a seamless fit between material and filmmakers — it coulda be great, but it ain't gonna happen, ...
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No 'Dark Tower' For J.J. Abrams
ComicVine Site Mashup — ... In a recent interview with MTV , Abrams squashed the rumor that he Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' adaptation was a project he would be working on.  ...

J.J. Abrams Won't Adapt Stephen King's 'Dark Tower'
MTV's SplashpageFROM MOVIES BLOG: It coulda been great! J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof — two of the key dudes behind "Lost" — were set to adapt Stephen King's sci-fi/fantasy opus, "The Dark Tower," for the big screen. Such a seamless fit between material and filmmakers — it coulda be great, but it ain't gonna happen, as Abrams himself told MTV News' Josh Horowitz recently. "The 'Dark Tower' thing is tricky," he said. "It's such an important piece of writing. The truth is that Damon and I are not looking at that right ...

'The Dark Tower': J.J. Abrams out, new novel coming
ComicMix — J.J, Abrams has left The Dark Tower according to comments made on MTV. During an interview, the producer said,” You’ll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark Tower than me, but that's probably the reason that I shouldn't be the one to adapt it. After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I'm such a massive Stephen King fan that I'm terrified of screwing it up. I'd do anything to see those movies written by someone ...

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