Mike Flanagan Wants To Adapt ‘The Dark Tower’

 Mike Flanagan is planning to work on another Stephen King’s epic novel. Stephen King is the ‘King’ of horror. He is an American author known for his work in horror, suspense, supernatural fiction, crime, fantasy novels, and science fiction genre. Many filmmakers and writers attempted to adapt King’s novels, but not all of them succeeded. One such epic is The Dark Tower.  Only a few directors and writers could do justice to the King’s stories, and one of the top names among them is Mike Flanagan.

Mike Flanagan is an American director known for his movies of the horror genre, including Oculus in 2013, Absentia in 2011, Hush in 2016, Before I Wake in 2016, Ouija: Origin of Evil in 2016, Gerald’s Game in 2017, and Doctor Sleep in 2019. The last two in the list, Gerald’s Game, and Doctor Sleep were the adaptation of King’s novels. In his recent interview, Flanagan confirmed that he would take a crack at The Dark Tower. Flanagan has directed, produced, created, wrote, and edited the supernatural series on Netflix The Haunting Of Hill House in 2018. The series was based on a novel of the same name written by Shirley Jackson. His upcoming shows will be the sequel of Hill House titles The Haunting of Bly Manor, based on Henry James’ novel The Turn of the Screw.

During the interview in a virtual conversation for Fantasia Fest 2020, Flanagan was asked if there is any dream project he would love to work on. He answered “The Dark Tower”, he said he got the answer that many Stephen King fans would have. The Dark Tower is the story he wishes he could tell. Many talented people poured their hearts and souls to adapt the story, so that would be one for them. He does not know if that could happen, but he feels it is daunting.

Hollywood has always been trying to adapt King’s epic eight-book series. Damon Lindelof and J.J.Abrams were trying to crack. Then the project was taken over by Ron Howard. He recommended Javier Bardem to play the lead character of the movie, Roland Deschain. Howard planned to create a trilogy of miniseries to fill the backstory, but the budget was a problem, and hence he had to cancel the project. He later made a movie adapting the story starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba with a different director, but the film came and went.

Flanagan is currently working on an original horror series for Netflix, Midnight Mass. He will direct, write, and serve as executive producer of seven episodic series. The show was scheduled to start the production work in March 2020 and was temporarily shut down due to a coronavirus pandemic. The production began on 17 August 2020 and tied up with Vancouver. Flanagan has proved that he is capable of creating something new and also an adapting version. If anyone can do justice and make The Dark Tower beautiful is only Mike.

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Director Flanagan Marks First day of Shooting Netflix’s ‘Midnight Mass’ With Set Photo

 Mike Flanagan is one of the best and amazing storytellers in Hollywood. This time he is back with a new Netflix series Midnight Mass. He is an American director, writer, and producer. Flanagan is the man behind the successful series of Netflix, The Haunting of Hill House. He also made terrific movies like Oculus and Doctor Sleep. Flanagan announced that he has started filming the next series Midnight Mass. In this article, we will try to discover the story of the new series and how the production team will manage the shooting in this tough time.

The story revolves around a living community on an island that has experienced frightening events after a mysterious priest’s arrival. Flanagan marked the beginning of shooting with a set of pictures of the slate for the series. The longtime cinematographer of Flanagan, Michael Fimognari, will be part of the crew as director of photography. The production is slowly coming back to the track. But the question arises how they are managing the shoot in this pandemic. Although things are becoming routine in the UK, and hence the filming of the series of The Witcher Season 2 and Jurassic World: Dominion is possible. But in the U.S., things are still proceeding slowly, so how will the team manage to start the production.

The Midnight Mass was scheduled to start this past March in Vancouver. But it was halted because of the COVID-19. The cast of the series includes Annabeth Gish, Zach Gilford, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, and Hamish Linklater. Mike Flanagan is slated to direct all the episodes of the show. He is known for some fantastic craftwork. Legends like Quentin Tarantino, Stephen King, and William Friedkin praised his work and direction. He directed the first film after graduation titled Ghosts of Hamilton Street in 2003. Mike wrote, directed, and edited the psychological horror movie Gerald’s game, which was based on the novel of 1992 of the same title by Stephen King. The film was released on  29th November 2017. After watching the film, King called the movie hypnotic, terrific, and horrifying. He also directed and wrote the horror film Doctor Sleep, which is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. His project The Haunting of Hill House was a hit series on Netflix. The audience is eagerly waiting for the Midnight Mass to release. Flanagan has also returned with the showrunner The Haunting of Bly Manor, which is the sequel of The Haunting of the Hill House. The Haunting of Bly Manor based on the novel of Henry James titled The Turn of the Screw. However, none of the characters will reappear from the hit Netflix series. The Hill House was based on the work of Shirley Jackson, whereas Bly Manor is based on the work of Henry Thomas. The fans could expect to watch the series later this year.

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