Ron Howard gives Dark Tower Movie Update

After a production delay on the first The Dark Tower movie, the fate of the project has been uncertain. Director Ron Howard talked with EW and gave a brief update on the status of the project:

“We had to pull back to our September start date due to budget delays and ongoing story development and logistical issues, but Dark Tower is moving forward,.... We’re thinking of starting in early spring now. I can’t really say who’ll be in it yet, but Javier Bardem has shown a great deal of interest. We’ll know by the end of the summer, when our flashing green light goes solid.”

Reports that Javier Bardem had officially signed on for the lead role appear to be false, although this may be more of a timing issue than anything else. It was previously reported that Universal must green light the project by the end of July or Ron Howard can shop the project to other studios. That has now been confirmed, so it won't be too long before we have an official decision on the project.