T he vast universe that makes up The Dark Tower book series has long vexed Hollywood talents hoping to adapt Stephen King’s lofty fantasy epic, but horror mastermind Mike Flanag

Stephen King is writing Mike Flanagan's adaptation of The Dark Tower – and I am very, very excited.

Details surrounding Mike Flanagan’s Dark Tower adaptation have been scarce in the three years since it was first announced. But we finally have an update on the project — and it’s an exciting one. Flanagan has enlisted the ideal collaborator in developing this infamously hard-to-adapt series: Stephen King himself.