The Dark Tower

Theatrical - Wide 2017-08-04

Cast Idris Elba Matthew McConaughey Tom Taylor Jackie Haley Fran Kranz Michael Barbieri
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Written by Akiva Goldsman Nikolaj Arcel Stephen King

Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy

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Synopsis

Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.

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PLOT: The fate of a tower that holds the universe together is in peril as a wizard attempts to destroy it, and only a mythical “gunslinger” and a boy with powerful psychic powers can stop him. REVIEW: There’s a mantra...

Review: The Dark Tower

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: When his apocalyptic visions of a mysterious “Man in Black” (Matthew McConaughey) come true, young Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) must turn to the enigmatic Roland Deschain (Idris Elba) – the last of the “Gunfighters”- for help. REVIEW: Fans of...

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Will Warner Brothers save The Dark Tower?

We thought it was going to get made, then Universal decided it couldn’t commit to THE DARK TOWER. It was a heavy load- three film installments and two television segments. Now it looks like Warner Brothers is thinking of stepping...

Posted 14 years ago

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The Dark Tower TV series finds a home on HBO

Posted 15 years ago

What the hell? In a span of a few days we’ve gone from THE DARK TOWER being dead and gone to being fully up and running again, albeit a few tens of millions lighter in the budget. Brian Grazer said...

Wait, Brian Grazer says The Dark Tower is still happening?

Posted 15 years ago

I thought it was a done deal that the planned adaptation of Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series was dead and gone, but now producer Brian Grazer is waving his hands going “wait, wait, wait!” As it turns out, he...

The Gunslinger gets shot down, Universal decides not to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

Posted 15 years ago

It was one of Hollywood’s most ambitious projects in recent memory: Universal and filmmaker Ron Howard adapting Stephen King’s sprawling saga of THE DARK TOWER into three features, each bridged by a TV miniseries. You’ll note the past tense. That’s...

Ron Howard talks Dark Tower delays, Javier Bardem not a sure thing

Posted 15 years ago

I have a sinking, or joyous feeling, I’m not sure which, that THE DARK TOWER is going to be one of the projects sent to burn in development hell for eternity. The scope is too massive to be executed cost-effectively,...

The Dark Tower might still be coming, but it will be smaller

Posted 15 years ago

Last week, it looked like Blaine the Mono left the station for good when Universal cut the power on its ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER books. The studio may have put the brakes on pre-production, but that...

Javier Bardem is officially signed on to star in The Dark Tower

Posted 15 years ago

This should be no surprise, but gotta give you the news anyway. Javier Bardem has officially signed on to star as Roland Deschain in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer adaptation of Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER. The deal is rather...

Battlestar Galactica writer joins Dark Tower team

Posted 15 years ago

If you haven’t read the series, you probably don’t understand just how ambitious the upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER series will be. The massive, mind-bending books are being turned into a series of TV episodes of...

CAST THIS: Roland the Gunslinger

Posted 15 years ago

When I first finished Stephen King’s The Dark Tower saga, I immediately put it down and thought, “That would make one hell of a film series.” Then I sat and thought about it, and decided it would probably be impossible...

Ron Howard considering Viggo Mortsensen for The Dark Tower’s Roland Deschain

Posted 15 years ago

Well this would be a Christmas wish answered, but unfortunately it’s not solid news yet. The LA Times has a rather lengthy piece with Ron Howard where they discuss the insanely ambitious Dark Tower movie/miniseries project he’s helming. Naturally, the...