The Dark Tower
Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey Cast In Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
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The big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally moving forward as Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey have been cast in the starring roles.
Idris Elba will play The Gunslinger, with Matthew McConaughey as the Man In Black.
King, Elba and McConaughey all took to Twitter to announce the news, in addition to an interview up at EW.com with The Dark Tower director and co-writer, Nikolaj Arcel.
The Dark Tower has a January 13, 2017 release.
It’s official: The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. #DarkTowerMovie @McConaughey @IdrisElba
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 1, 2016
.@McConaughey you have one new follower. #DarkTowerMovie https://t.co/5fSKF02C7I
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 1, 2016
.@idriselba come and get me, I look forward to it. #DarkTowerMovie https://t.co/4gxqm2GPo3
— Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) March 1, 2016
The Dark Tower Movie Gets A Director & TV Series In Development
It’s learned Sony’s planned film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series of novels now has a director with Nikolaj Arcel. Deadline confirms the news noting Arcel will go right to work on the project and has brought in fellow Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen to work together on a rewrite of the script, the last