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Has anyone here read the Stephen King books?

I loved them. Roland is an awesome character. The world was very unique and terrifying. It's an epic journey. The last 3 books get extremely bizarre (because of King's real life car accident near-death-experience).....and the ending had to be rewritten because of fan outcry...........but it's still his magnum opus.

The graphic novels are pretty good as well.

And there was talk for DECADES about adapting it into a film series, or TV series. Ron Howard was attached for the longest time. There were rumors about Viggo Mortensen playing Roland....and then Javier Bardem.....

And then, seemingly out of nowhere.....BAM! Idris Elba is Roland Deschaine of Gilead.....in a ONE movie deal....that isn't quite a sequel or a prequel, but an entirely new story!!!!

And fans were like.............."What. The. Actual. Fuck?"

And, big surprise......the movie failed. In literally every way imaginable.

And, sadly, because of that trash.....it lowers the chances of someone doing it right anytime soon....because nobody wants to touch something that failed so badly.

But it failed so badly because they TREATED it like trash. And everyone saw it coming.

How does crap like this happen?
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