Under most circumstances, one of the worst fantasy blockbusters of the 21st Century being rebooted as a prestige TV series would lead to eye-rolls of derision, especially when it’s only been a few years since the original went down in a ball of well-deserved flames. However, the reasons to get hyped for The Dark Tower V2.0 are twofold.
For one thing, it’s guaranteed to be a damn sight better than Nikolaj Arcel’s tortured adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus, which put a sprawling tale full of rich world-building, memorable characters, and boundless potential through the wringer of development hell to spit out a 95-minute turd that could only muster a 15 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.