Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' heads to Sony

Stephen King's Dark Tower has been picked up by Sony and MRC in a 10-year effort to bring the series to the silver screen.
The two companies will co-finance the films. They will be produced Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Erica Huggins, who have been trying to launch the project for almost a decade. Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner have co-written the script for the first book of the series, Gunslinger.

"There are few projects out there that compare with the scope, vision, complex characters and fully drawn world that Stephen King has created with The Dark Tower," said Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group. "I am a giant fan. And, as Stephen himself does, we love the direction that Akiva and Jeff have taken. This is a great opportunity for a director to put his or her stamp on a cool global franchise."

Pinker will be the executive producer and King will also be working in a producing capacity.

The next step will be finding a director. The series centers around a fantastical world where there is a knightly order of gunslingers.