Universal has gotten cold feet and withdrawn from Ron Howard's plans to direct a trilogy of feature films based on Stephen King's 7-part novel The Dark Tower. There have been rumors that the studio might be getting nervous about backing the big budget project, but plans seemed to be proceding and sets were constructed to begin shooting. Now Universal has dropped the project- something almost unheard of considering the high power talent involved. The studio isn't giving a reason why they have backed out but sources say the top brass is nervous about having already bankrolled action films with mega budgets. For more click here