Producer Brian Grazer has told MTV news that Javier Barden is "psychologically locked in" to play Roland, the main character in Steven King's epic book series The Dark Tower.
The books, which are due to be developed into three films and a TV series (at the same time and by the same cast) have been a massive success with over 30 million books sold since it was written in 1982.
Ron Howard is to direct the first installments and then oversee the project from there. The only deal with it is the massive dedication and loss of time Bardem will suffer if he signs on. He'll pretty much lose every film for a couple of years.