You have to kind of admire Sony and Media Rights Capital for bravely pressing on with “The Dark Tower.” Despite the picture being beaten up critically and expecting a less than stellar opening weekend, the producers are still going ahead with the planned TV spinoff. Presumably, that means they’re still toying with the idea with a big screen sequel, and Stephen King hopes that it’ll truly go for broke (if the movie ever gets made).
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Chatting with Cinema Blend, the prolific author revealed he gave the okay for “The Dark Tower” to go PG-13 believes, it’s future lies in an R-rating.
“I understand the rationale behind the movie that is PG-13. I was totally signed off on that. I want as many people in the tent as possible, for all kinds of reasons. Part of it having to do with the dynamic between the Gunslinger and the boy. That’s a father-son relationship,” King said. “But I’d love to see the next picture be R. That’s sort of where we’re coming from now, and where the movie needs to go. PG-13 was the safe spot to go. When pictures were R, the studio execs would say, ‘Well, we know that this is going to make 20% or 30% less money because we’re going to exclude a prime tenderloin part of the moviegoing public.’ I think that movie’s like ‘Deadpool‘ have changed that.”
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It’s a nice thought, and the source material certainly requires a harder edged approach if “The Dark Tower” team want to remain faithful. But number crunchers at Sony and MRC will have see how things look on Monday, and whether or not it makes sense to keep this franchise going at all.
