December 2024

Round Table #157

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest in the Dark Tower and King world including Flanagan asked about Casting The Dark Tower, King more solidly teasing a new Dark Tower Book, title and date for the 2025 King novel, also some details about Flanagan’s Carrie (including why do it), some actors talking about Life of Chuck and The Long Walk, some King adaptation recommends from Flanagan. Tadd and Peter also Palaver about if Roland is a tragic hero, mostly if he is a hero at all.

Also checkout darktowerpalaver.com/marchinsanity for all things March Insanity, and reach out via social media or email to give us your nominations for March Insanity 2025 before the end of the year!!

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Round Table #157 Show Notes

First up a reminder to get your nominations for our two brackets for March Insanity 2025, we have the traditional Dark Tower bracket (Favorite Spoken Line) and new this year a non-DT King Bracket (Most Hated Non-DT King Character). Send those in via social media or email before the end of the year. The more nominations for a given candidate the more likely it makes the bracket!

First up King left Twitter and is primarily on Threads now, and he teased a new Dark Tower book it seems. Check it HERE.

The next Holly book is titled Never Flinch and it comes out May 27! Check the details and excerpt HERE.

Next Flanagan is asked if he has any castings in mind for his Dark Tower series. Check it HERE.

Next up Flanagan talks about why he accepted the Carrie adaptation and gives some hints to what it might look like. Check it HERE.

Matthew Lillard talks Life of Chuck. Check it HERE.

Next King stories Flanagan should adapt. Check it HERE.

Flanagan Names some underrated King adaptations. Check it HERE.

Next up Holly will get up into rarified air with Never Flinch and she might be the counter-weight to Flagg. Check it HERE.

Judy Greer teases the dark film that The Long Walk is going to be. Check it HERE

2025 March Insanity Topics

As previously announced the 2025 March Insanity fan vote will now include two Brackets; the traditional Dark Tower bracket and starting in 2025 a non-Dark Tower King Bracket. We have topics (see below) but now through the end of the year we need nominations to fill the brackets out.

So send your nominations in, you can mention as many nominations for either bracket as you want. As is our standard the 16 that get the most nominations will make the bracket (and it will decided seeding once they make the bracket.

So get your nominations in before the end of the year!

Topics

Dark Tower Bracket: Favorite Spoken Line

Non-Tower King Bracket: Most Hated Non-DT Character