Deadline is reporting that A Royal Affair director Nikolaj Arcel has been locked down as the director for The Dark Tower, the long-awaited film adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy/horror book. Arcel has brought on Anders Thomas Jensen to rewrite the script, which was most recently put together by Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner.

The Dark Tower will be the first in a franchise, with a TV series planned alongside several films. The site reports that Weed Road’s Goldsman and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Erica Huggins are all producing, as is Stephen King.

There has been no word on any cast confirmations yet. Both Javier Bardem and Russell Crowe were toying with the idea of portraying the iconic “gunslinger”, although too much time elapsed for it to become a reality.