A television adaptation of Stephen King’s *The Dark Tower* is being developed with Mike Flanagan attached, potentially for Prime Video, although no streaming home has been confirmed. The article argues that the project could succeed where previous attempts failed because television is better suited to the scale and complexity of King’s seven-book fantasy western series.

The story follows Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, as he pursues Walter o’Dim, the Man in Black, across multiple worlds and towards the reality-linking Dark Tower. A 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey was poorly received, but Flanagan has previously adapted King’s *Gerald’s Game* and *Doctor Sleep*, and reportedly has King’s approval for the new series.