Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Gets a New Release Date
John Squires
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Last week brought along with it a whole lot of news in regards to the feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, as we learned that Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey have been cast in the lead roles. The Nikolaj Arcel-directed film will shoot in South Africa later this year, and now we’ve got an official date.
Sony has penciled the adaptation in for release on February 17, 2017.
The Dark Tower books tell the story of the fallen land of Mid-World through the eyes of Roland Deschain (Elba), a sort of frontiersman knight whose primary weapon is not a sword but a pair of revolvers. He’s on a quest to save his decaying world by reaching the tower that stands at the nexus point in time and space.
McConaughey will play The Man in Black, and Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) has been offered the role of Triana.
Arcel shares screenwriting credit with Anders Thomas Jensen, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner; and Goldsman’s draft served as the foundation for the film. The plan is to bring King’s epic story to screens both big and small.
Producers will be Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road company; Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Erica Huggins of Imagine Entertainment; and Jeff Pinkner as executive producer. Stephen King is also a producer.
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