A big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower has been on the cards at Warner Bros. for a number of years now, with J.J. Abrams and Ben Affleck just two of the names connected to the movie at one point or another. Right now, Ron Howard is still trying to get the project off the ground with an ambitious plan which would see the story told on both the big and small screens.
Talking to Ain’t It Cool News at the Sundance Film Festival today, Need for Speed star Aaron Paul revealed that he has met with Ron Howard about potentially playing Eddie Dean in the eventual movie.
“I’ve had a ton of meetings on that. I just had a general sit down with Ron Howard, who is a huge fan of the show (Breaking Bad, naturally), which is such a crazy thing to even think that Ron Howard even knows who I am. They’re definitely planning on making it. I’m excited. Their goal is to do three films, but also have a television element to it, which will be very interesting. From what I hear, Eddie Dean is a pretty epic, iconic character.”
This would be a pretty incredible role for the actor who won numerous awards for his role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. There’s still no word on when we might see The Dark Tower, but if Paul is meeting with Howard, it’s possible that work might start moving ahead sooner rather than later. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comment section below…
