Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/The_Dark_Tower_(series)> ?p ?o }
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) abstract "The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which incorporates themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy, horror, and Western. It describes a \"gunslinger\" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. King has described the series as his magnum opus. In addition to the eight novels of the series proper that comprise 4,250 pages, many of King's other books relate to the story, introducing concepts and characters that come into play as the series progresses. A series of prequel comics followed the completion of the novels.The series was chiefly inspired by the poem \"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came\" by Robert Browning, whose full text was included in the final volume's appendix. In the preface to the revised 2003 edition of The Gunslinger, King also identifies The Lord of the Rings, Arthurian Legend, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as inspirations. He identifies Clint Eastwood's \"Man with No Name\" character as one of the major inspirations for the protagonist, Roland Deschain. King's style of location names in the series, such as Mid-World, and his development of a unique language abstract to our own (High Speech), are also influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's work.In 2009, King announced an eighth book, The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole; published in 2012, it is set between the fourth and fifth books of the series. December 7, 2009 saw the release of a spin-off online game titled Discordia. As of 2010 more than 30 million copies of the series have been sold in 40 countries. A live-action adaptation was announced in September 2010, consisting of alternating feature films and television series. The project was reportedly cancelled in July 2011, but in October 2011, it was announced that the film was still on track, and that the television series was slated to air on HBO.On March 13, 2012, it was reported that Warner Bros. was interested in making at least the first film, and would be in prime position to green-light the TV element through its sister company, HBO. Javier Bardem was originally set to play Roland, but the role was subsequently offered to Russell Crowe. Initial reports indicated filming was going to commence as early as the first quarter of 2013. Warner Bros. has since passed on the project, but Media Rights Capital has entered talks to distribute it.Stephen King saw the Dark Tower series as a first draft. He planned to rewrite it to eliminate continuity errors and possibly remove himself from the later books, but after revising The Gunslinger, he decided a rewrite for the entire series was no longer necessary.".
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageExternalLink DarkTower.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageID "782607".
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageLength "27215".
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageOutDegree "149".
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageRevisionID "707818893".
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Akiva_Goldsman.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink American_frontier.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Analogue_(literature).
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Anthony_Flamini.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Bernie_Wrightson.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Bev_Vincent.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_fantasy_novel_series.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_horror_novels.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Artificial_mythology.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:High_fantasy_novels.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Novels_adapted_into_comics.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Novels_adapted_into_films.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parallel_universes_in_fiction.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Self-reflexive_novels.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:The_Dark_Tower.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Category:The_Dark_Tower_novels.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Childe_Roland_to_the_Dark_Tower_Came.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Clint_Eastwood.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Crimson_King.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Dark_fantasy.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Dave_McKean.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Digital_illustration.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Feudalism.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink File:Thedarktower7.jpg.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Game.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Green-light.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink HBO.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Hardcover.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Horror_fiction.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Idris_Elba.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink J._J._Abrams.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink J._R._R._Tolkien.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Jae_Lee.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Javier_Bardem.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Jeff_Pinkner.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink King_Arthur.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Knight.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Linchpin.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink List_of_The_Dark_Tower_characters.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Magic_(paranormal).
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Magnum_opus.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Man_with_No_Name.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Marvel_Comics.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Matter_of_Britain.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Matthew_McConaughey.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Media_Rights_Capital.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Whelan.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Ned_Dameron.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Nikolaj_Arcel.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink One-shot_(comics).
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Paperback.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Peter_David.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Phil_Hale.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Photomontage.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Poetry.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Prequel.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Randall_Flagg.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Isanove.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Browning.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Robin_Furth.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Roland_Deschain.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Ron_Howard.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Russell_Crowe.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco_Chronicle.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Science_fantasy.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Science_fiction.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Sony_Pictures_Entertainment.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Spin-off_(media).
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Stephen_King.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Stephen_King_bibliography.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Boston_Globe.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_Battle_of_Jericho_Hill.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_The_Fall_of_Gilead.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_The_Gunslinger.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_The_Journey_Begins.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_The_Long_Road_Home.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_The_Sorcerer.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_The_Wind_Through_the_Keyhole.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower:_Treachery.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_(comics).
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_II:_The_Drawing_of_the_Three.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_III:_The_Waste_Lands.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_IV:_Wizard_and_Glass.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_V:_Wolves_of_the_Calla.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_VI:_Song_of_Susannah.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Dark_Tower_VII:_The_Dark_Tower.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Little_Sisters_of_Eluria.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Lord_of_the_Rings.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_New_York_Times.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_New_York_Times_Building.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink The_Washington_Post.
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Trade_paperback_(comics).
- The_Dark_Tower_(series) wikiPageWikiLink Usability.