| A_C_E said:
How do you know this is a sequel? Jake is meeting the Gunslinger in the trailer and seems to happen upon the Gunslinger in a very different way than the novel. Jake was hit by a car and killed and was portaled to the Gunslingers realm. I also notice the library in NY City where Roland, Jake and Eddie were looking for, you know... My point is, I don't see how the studio could claim this is a sequel when it contains - judging from the trailer alone - many of the events that happened in the first four books. I'm a HUGE fan of the novels and I realize that no movie can be outright true to the novel. I'm interested in the movie and think the trailer stands on its own, but I already disagree with a few things. They should have just done the TV series and then movie, then back to TV series like originally planned, not this condensed nonsense. |
http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-sequel/
Arcel confirmed as much in EW’s report:
“The hardcore fans of The Dark Tower series will know that this is actually a sequel to the books in a way. It has a lot of the same elements, a lot of the same characters, but it is a different journey.”
Arcel also commented on the circular nature of the story as a way to take book readers at its end back to its beginning in the first film:
“It’s completely circular, cogs and wheels. Everything fits together. It has a great little power to it. It fits very well into the nature of the entire saga itself.”
