Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I muri i ngā tau o ngā whiriwhiringa, kei te haere te raupapa pukapuka rongonui a Stephen King, The Dark Tower, ki ngā mata nui, iti hoki e tata ana ki a koutou. Ko te kaituhi rongonui, nana nei i tuhi te Shawshank Redemption me te The Shining, i whiu i a Warner Brothers i te tau 2012 mo te whakakore i nga mahere ki te hanga i tetahi kiriata toru me te raupapa TV iti. I te mutunga, e toru tau i muri mai, kua hoki mai ngā mea ki te ara tika - i tēnei wā ki a Sony. Hei whakamutunga: Kua whakapuaki a Stephen King ka tukuna e Sony tana'magnum opus' The Dark Tower ki ngā whare pikitia. E rua noa iho ēnei o ngā pukapuka e waru i whakapau ai a Kingi i ngā tau 40 ki te tuhituhi. Ko te putanga kiriata me te pouaka whakaata e kiia ana he mea nui mai i te pukapuka tuatahi, Ko te Gunslinger (maui), e aro ana ki te kaiwhakaari matua a Roland. 'Kei te harikoa ahau ka puta te The Dark Tower ki runga i te mata,' i kii a King i roto i tetahi korero. Ko te hunga i haere tahi me Roland me ōna hoa ki te rapu i te pourewa pouri, ka tutuki katoa ō rātou tūmanako roa. He huarahi nui, auaha hoki tēnei ki aku pukapuka.' Ko te raupapa pukapuka e waru i tuhia i waenga i te 1970 me te 2012 e whai ana i te 'gunlinger' i tana haerenga ki tetahi pourewa. I a ia e whakaahua ana i tana'magnum opus', i kii a King he whakakotahi i nga ahuatanga o te Wild West, te pakiwaitara putaiao, me Lord Of The Rings. Rite tonu ki te pukapuka rongonui a J. R. R. Tolkien, he reo motuhake tā Te Pourewa pouri. E ai ki te Ra Whakamutunga, ko te kaupapa hou he tuhinga hou katoa e arotahi ana ki te hononga i waenga i a Roland me Jake i Gunslinger, te pukapuka tuatahi. Kua tuhia he tuhinga mo te wa poto e Akiva Goldsman (Cinderella Man) me Jeff Pinkner (Lost). He kōrero kei te haere: Ko Javier Bardem (māui) rāua ko Russell Crowe (matau) e kīia ana e hiahia ana ki te tūranga matua. E toru tau i muri mai, e kōrerohia ana kei te hiahia tonu a Javier Bardem rāua ko Russell Crowe ki te whai wāhi matua. I kii te tiamana o Sony a Tom Rothman i roto i tetahi korero: 'He iti noa nga kaupapa kei reira e rite ana ki te whanui, te tirohanga, nga tohu matatini me te ao kua oti te tuhi a Stephen King me te Dark Tower. 'He tino kaiwhaiwhai ahau. A, ka rite ki ta Stephen ake, ka...
I whiua a Warner Bros e te kaituhi pukapuka mō te whakakore i te kirimana i te tau 2012. Kua whakapuakihia e Sony he kirimana ki te tuku pikitia me nga raupapa TV. Ko Te Pourewa pouri he raupapa pukapuka e 8 nga waahanga i tuhia i waenga i te 1970 me te 2012. E kii ana ko Javier Bardem raua ko Russell Crowe e hiahia ana ki te kaiarahi.