The novels by Stephen King continue to dominate the small screen: just think of the recent return of Carrie in streaming on Prime Video with a miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan to understand just how the audience hasn’t had enough of stories born from the pen of the King of Horror. Yet another project put on hold is The Dark Tower, recently tackled by Flanagan himself. How far along is the TV series?
The Dark Tower, the TV series: where does it stand? Mike Flanagan answers
The novels by Stephen King number eight in The Dark Tower, a saga about a gunslinger and his pilgrimage toward a tower that has also found space in cinema with a film adaptation released in 2017. Since then, there have been rumors of another television adaptation that for years did little to update a curious public. Breaking the silence was Mike Flanagan, who would finally confirm the destiny of this TV project.
A television adaptation of The Dark Tower was announced in 2022, with Flanagan involved and having acquired the rights, planning to bring it to life with Amazon MGM Studios. In the meantime, however, he has been moving forward with Carrie, a horror miniseries released on streaming from October 7, 2026 on Prime Video, and, speaking to Screen Rant, he revealed that in his deal with the Studios Carrie had been given priority: “Amazon, very quickly, as soon as I came aboard, already had Carrie in mind; for them it was a priority. My initial reaction was: why redo Carrie? I couldn’t find a way to justify it. I’m so happy because it turned out to be one of my absolute favorite projects.”
Then he finally addressed the elephant in the room: “For The Dark Tower, we’re still moving forward. It’s a gigantic project, like a tanker. But it’s the adaptation of my dreams.” Those are words that reassure fans who have waited for years for updates on the project. When asked if the day will come when we see a TV series about The Dark Tower, the director’s reply was: “Absolutely, we’ll do it. And we’ve never stopped working on it. It’s just that things move at their own pace due to a number of factors that have nothing to do with me, the story, or other things. It’s a matter of logistical and legal aspects that are frankly discouraging. It’s a crazy situation, but sooner or later it will happen.” And if Mike Flanagan says it, someone who has adapted several Stephen King works, then it’s very likely that it will come to pass.
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