Dark Tower Heading to HBO?

The Dark Tower producer Brian Grazer has provided an update on the television side of their Dark Tower adaptation. The previous update indicated that they had cut the budget on the first film and provided a more appealing ending, suggesting they were not sure they could get the entire trilogy made. I went so far as to predict the television aspect was going to get dropped. It seems I was a bit premature as Glazer tells MTV that HBO has expressed interested in the television shows.

"We're going to do ['The Dark Tower'] with HBO," Grazer told us. "We'll do the TV with HBO, and we'll do the movie with… to be determined. We'll do it right." HBO has not confirmed this and until the movie aspect is handled, I doubt any agreement has been signed.

This could be good news on multiple fronts. HBO is owned by Warner Bros so this provides a studio that may at minimum provide distribution for the film but could step up and finance the film. It also means the television show will not be dumbed down for mass audience consumption but can retain a prestige (and violence) that has shown to be effective in The Walking Dead on AMC . Still a ways to go but things are moving forward at least.