Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully day that passes, we’re hopefully closer to the thing Stephen King fans possess’own’nurse always dreamed of: a proper adaptation of The Dark Tower. The writer’s, well, towering achievement is a sprawling epic that encompasses all kinds of elements of the author’s wider literary universe, notoriously bungled in previous attempts at adaptation. As it currently stands, the rights in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that property now lie with Mike Flanagan, the acclaimed filmmaker who tackled notoriously tricky King stories like Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep with appreciable success. And while Doctor Sleep – his adaptation of King’s The Shining sequel, miraculously bridging the gap between the author’s version of the story and the Kubrick masterpiece that King notoriously hated – didn’t set the box office alight, putting paid to several planned spin-offs, there may be a future in/with regard to’concerning’regarding those characters on the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous screen yet.###That’s because, as he tells the Script Apart podcast, Flanagan sees a way of bringing the Doctor Sleep characters into his take on The Dark Tower – sure to make up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding having to abandon his Dick Hallorann origin story plans. “The thing with regards to’concerning’with respect to the King universe is, it’s all connected. And the nexus point of those connections is The Dark Tower,” he explains. “In the Dark Tower universe, there are all these other characters from the King world that come into play in different ways. When you make transform’alter s to the source material to introduce characters who could possess’own’nurse played a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully significant’essential’critical’vital’crucial’indispensable’imperative role in that story… Doctor Sleep was written after The Dark Tower was finished.”###As the filmmaker sees it, there’s plenty of potential in/with regard to’concerning’regarding adding those characters into King’s epic series. “Abra Stone in the Dark Tower universe, as a Breaker [telepathic agent], is really interesting,” he says. “There’s a character in The Dark Tower named Dandelo, who I claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate is a cousin of the True Knot, who’s this emotional vampire but who feeds on laughter instead of fear. But there’s room in that world in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the True Knot themselves, there’s room in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Rose The Hat. There might be room in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Danny Torrance.” While Flanagan has the rights, and a new deal with Amazon looming, specific plans in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Dark Tower films or reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s are yet to be confirmed. “There’s all kinds of stuff that could be amazing, if we’re able to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure that property on its feet,” he enthuses. “There’s ways to pull in other things rom the King universe, and I claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate The Shining universe – the Doctor Sleep universe – could intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully seamlessly dovetail into it. Especially since, in our movie, Dick Hallorann all but points to The Dark Tower in his last scene with Dan.”###Can he just astral-project it all into our heads right now, please? Listen to the full interview on the Script Apart podcast. Flanagan’s next project will be his adaptation of The Fall Of The House Of Usher on Netflix, expected to stream later this year.