Sci Fi Wire reports that (but does not link to) an article in the Hollywood Reporter claims that Stephen King is in talks with Lost creator J.J. Abrams to bring King's "Dark Tower" series of novels (starting with The Gunslinger) to movie screens.

The SFBC Blog, though, is not satisfied with secondhand news, and delved deeper to find the original article at the Reporter's site. Sadly, there isn't actually any more solid news there -- this is not actually news yet, just the hint of possible future news on the wind.

(And, as long as we're talking about all things Dark Tower-ific, let's mention the just-started Marvel comic book series, the first issue of which was released last week.)