After several false starts, it looks as though Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally headed toward adaptation, Deadline reports, under a deal at Universal that will most likely include a trilogy of films as well as a TV series. Self-described as his “magnum opus,” King’s The Dark Tower so far spans seven novels (he’s currently at work on an eighth), a Marvel comic series, an online game, and a sprawling alternate universe of locales and characters that factors into many of his other stories, so trying to untangle it all with any sort of linear adaptation is a massive undertaking that only the bravest of the brave have even considered. You may recall that a few years ago, Lost heads J.J. Abrams, Carlton Cuse, and Damon Lindelof optioned the rights for a thematically significant $19, but in late 2009 each of them balked in turn at the idea of taking on something so complex—and beloved—so soon after wrapping their equally mythology-heavy show.