It has been considered by many a Stephen King fan to be unfilmable. Stephen King’s eponymous seven-book series "The Dark Tower" (with an added-on follow-up story in "The Wind Through the Keyhole"). We documented a history of the failed attempts at bringing this world to life. The feature-length film that cast Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey basically confirmed fans’ fears by ignoring the source material and killing the chance of a proper "The Dark Tower" adaptation. Until now.

If ever there was going to be a storyteller capable of paying proper homage to Stephen King’s masterwork, it would be Mike Flanagan, the brilliant writer/director behind adaptations of Stephen King’s "Doctor Sleep" and "Gerald’s Game." He also delivered two of the best long-form horror stories in recent memory with "The Haunting of Hill House" and "Midnight Mass," both for Netflix. But now Deadline reports that Flanagan has acquired the rights to "The Dark Tower" and will bring them over to Amazon – since he is leaving Netflix – even going so far as to detail how far along in the process he is.