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'Lost' producer to tackle 'Dark Tower'

Published Friday, Sep 5 2008, 09:33 BST | By Beth Hilton
'Lost' producer to tackle 'Dark Tower'

Rex Features

A big screen adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels is in the works.

Lost producer Damon Lindelof is keen to develop a movie version of the fantasy series.

However, he said the project is at an early stage, telling AMCtv.com: "The Dark Tower is to me every bit as daunting an adaptation as the Lord Of The Rings trilogy must have been for Peter Jackson, except we've got seven books we're looking at.

"And the idea of doing that at the same time Carlton (Cuse, co-producer) and I are bringing Lost to a close is simply not viable. There are always Dark Tower conversations, but the figuring out of what this will look like as a movie has not begun."

He added: "If The Dark Tower were in the right hands, I would love to see seven movies executed just right. But you have to get people to see the first one to get them to come and see the second one."

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