this is the most incredible book series ever in my personal opinion. i read the and completed the series and was just amazed with the scale and just how composed the story was. some other epic novels i've read were decent but never seemed to fit. only as far as story line and plot. as for the movie, i think every film is only as good as the director. i think that abrams is a perfect fit. with cloverfield and star trek under his belt he has the eye for a movie like the dark tower. he understands that the scale of the book is massive and thats just his style. the movie better be rated R. if its not its going to be a travesty, it'll look like a rings knock off. we all know the tower is far greater than the rings, lets just hope they don't cut too many corners and ignore our beloved story just to amp up visual scenes. can't wait for them to start banging out some ideas.