'The Dark Tower' is an upcoming science-fiction and horror-fantasy film directed by Nikolaj Arcel. It has been pushed back a month from its original release schedule but will commence filming in South Africa in May. Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey have been confirmed as the film's main protagonist and main villain, respectively.
According to /Film, the new Stephen King live-action adaptation has been pushed back a month from its original scheduled release date for January 13 to February 17, 2017. This new schedule will pit the Sony's film against Universal's 'The Great Wall' starring Matt Damon and 20th Century Fox's 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure'. Director Nikolaj Arcel, known for his work on 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and 'A Royal Affair' is set to helm the film.
It was reported by Consequence of Sound that principal photography for Arcel's upcoming film will begin sometime in May in South Africa. Idris Elba of 'Beasts of No Nation' and Matthew McConaughey of 'Dallas Buyers Club' are confirmed to portray lead protagonist Roland Deschain and main villain The Man in Black, respectively. Although Elba's casting seemed controversial to die-hard fans of King's original bestselling series of novels, the author himself said that the gunslinger's race did not matter.
According to Superherohype.com, Abbey Lee of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' fame is set to play a yet unnamed female lead. Oscar-winning scribe Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' and Anders Thomas Jensen of 'The Duchess' have written the screenplay together with Arcel. Ron Howard of 'A Beautiful Mind' was initially set to direct the first film in the planned action-fantasy cinematic series but went on to serve as producer instead together with Goldsman, King and Brian Grazer.
Arcel's upcoming film will introduce the gunslinger Roland Deschain as he journeys through a barren landscape in search of the titular Dark Tower in order to help preserve his dying world. Deschain is the last living descendant of an ancient order of knights. In the original novels, Deschain allies with characters named Jake Chambers, Eddie and Susannah Dean and Oy and battles against villains The Man in Black and the Crimson King.
'The Dark Tower' is an upcoming science-fiction and horror-fantasy film directed by Nikolaj Arcel. It is scheduled to be released on February 17, 2017. It is the first film in a planned series of live-action adaptations of Stephen King's series of fantasy novels of the same name.
