The plan is two films (if the first film does well) followed by a Ron Howard directing a TV series to fill in the blanks.
Problem with filling in those blanks is Ron Howard is a fan of the Series, and wants to stay true to it, so, how do you explain a random female accomplice that the movie people are making up? How do they introduce the other 3 members of the Ka-tet?
Let Ron howard come in and save us all, or, Are we doomed to witness what is "imo" the best of Stephen King's work go to shit due to Stephen King being involved?