The Dark Tower is Stephen King’s magnum opus – but is the movie adaptation on Netflix, and will the new series come to the streaming platform?
The original book series began in 1982, following the last surviving “gunslinger” Roland Deschain as he roams Mid-World’s post-apocalyptic landscape searching for The Dark Tower, an enormous sculpture that acts as a gateway to the multiverse.
It was widely rejected, grossing just $113 million worldwide against a $66 million budget and criticized for compressing several threads of King’s books into a single feature.
Is The Dark Tower on Netflix?
The Dark Tower isn’t available to stream onNetflixright now.
Sadly, it can only be streamed onFX Now, or you can buy or rent it digitally (or purchase the DVD or Blu-ray) viaAmazon Primeand other on-demand platforms.
Not only is the movie not on Netflix, but the new TV series won’t be coming to the streaming platform either.
Originally, King hoped for The Dark Tower movie to get a sequel that’d be R-rated and draw on elements from The Drawing of the Three. Given its critical and commercial performance, these talks appeared to have fallen through.
A new series adaption of ‘THE DARK TOWER’ is in the works at Amazon from Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy.(Source: Deadline)pic.twitter.com/8y2IcWmui8
It’s not all doom and gloom, though: Mike Flanagan, Netflix’s famed custodian of horror with the likes of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, is developing a huge adaptation of The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, it’ll be five seasons long with two stand-alone features to cap it off – but it’ll be on Prime Video.
There haven’t been any further updates about Flanagan’s series.
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Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
