10 Things Hollywood Must Get Right With The Dark Tower Movie

3. Don't Dumb Down The Violence

The Gunslinger is an rather violent book, all things considered - and the series continues to cement itself as such as the series goes on. Which is to say that The Dark Tower isn't necessarily for kids on the ol' violence side of things, and yet the studio will more than likely want to open up the franchise to audience members of all ages. The Dark Tower books aren't aimed at children or even teenagers, after all, and the series doesn't have a sprawling, dedicated fanbase all across the world in the same way that Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and The Lord of the Rings do. This creates something of a problem, as the gritty, dark and violent moments witnessed across the length of the books are an essential part of the storytelling: in the first novel especially, which will make up the bulk of the first film, assumedly, the flashes of violence help to paint a picture of a world gone to hell. To remove them would be to compromise the tone of King's book, and that's something that the studio should really aim to avoid. In the same way, Hollywood will have to find a way to meet fans of the books in the middle where violence is concerned; granted, the sexual aspects could probably be muted, but violence is such a big part of The Dark Tower saga that playing it down is likely to infuriate a lot of people. It's really important not to strip the movie of its backbone, after all.