Jake Chambers Found in The Dark Tower
Steve Barton
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More casting news is here for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower as Variety is reporting that Sony and MRC have found the actor to play the pivotal character of Jake Chambers in newcomer Tom Taylor who won the role after a worldwide search to find the young actor who would serve as the protege of Roland Deschain in the upcoming films.
The Dark Tower books tell the story of the fallen land of Mid-World through the eyes of Roland Deschain (Idris 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.
Matthew McConaughey will play The Man in Black, and Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) has been offered the role of Triana.
The Nikolaj Arcel-directed film will shoot in South Africa later this year. Sony has penciled the adaptation in for release on February 17, 2017.
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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