Renowned author Stephen king talks about his series, 'The Dark Tower' in a recent Q & A. Sony recently confirmed its adaptation on the big screen.

As published in The New York Times, the American author answered several readers' questions with some related to 'The Dark Tower'. One reader asked what he thought of another writer taking over The Dark Tower should he be unable to do so in the future.

The 67 year old King responded he "would never let another writer 'take over' a series like the Dark Tower" He added that when a story comes to completion, then that's it. He also commented on how he rarely repeats characters, with the "exceptions of Roland Deschain (the Dark Tower series) and Bill Hodges (the Hodges trilogy)."

 He was also asked about his family publishing his works should he be incapable of doing so, and he says he trusts his wife and children in that matter.

This writing insight comes welcome as The Dark Tower (also the name of the final book of the series) is announced for release on January 13, 2017 in a Sony Pictures Entertainment press release. Several of King's works have been adapted before and he is known to always be deeply involved in the writing the adaptations.

In another article, Venture Capital Post confirmed that Nikolaj Arcel is at the helm of the film. The film has been in the talks of an adaptation since 2007 and went through two other directors before a definite announcement was made. J.J Abrams was initially poised for the project until 2009, and Ron Howard taking over  until 2015. Currently, Howard remains as a producer.

Seeing as the status of the movie has not even touched pre-production yet, who will be playing lead character Roland Deschain is still a question. Russel Crowe and Javier Bardem are on the top of the speculations.

Aside from Stephen King definitely getting involved in screenplay, a definite director and producer, a release date, all other details of the much-awaited The Dark Tower adaptation are still up in the air.