Ron Howard has signed on to direct three films based on Stephen King's DARK TOWER saga, which would then spin off into a TV series. It's unclear if the movies would cover all seven books and then switch to all-new adventures on TV, or if the films would only adapt the first three books and then switch to TV for the last four.

JJ Abrams was previously developing a seven-season TV project with his LOST cohorts, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, but they decided not to proceed after spending six seasons working non-stop on LOST.