THE DARK TOWER - Trailer Reaction Video - CinemaCon 2017
We got to see the first official footage from the features film adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower at CinemaCon, and this movie looks freakin' spectacular! As a fan of the novels, I couldn't be more excited. We talk about the footage we saw in the reaction video above that you can watch.
The Dark Tower series tells the story of Roland Deschain, Mid-World’s last gunslinger, who is traveling southeast across Mid-World’s post-apocalyptic landscape, searching for the powerful but elusive magical edifice known as The Dark Tower. Located in the fey region of End-World, amid a sea of singing red roses, the Dark Tower is the nexus point of the time-space continuum. It is the heart of all worlds, but it is also under threat. Someone, or something, is using the evil technology of the Great Old Ones to destroy it.
We've already seen a few photos from the film featuring Idris Elba as The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers, and Matthew McConaughey as The Man in Black. There was even a trailer that leaked online but was never officially released. I loved what I saw in the trailer, and I imagine we will see an officially released trailer soon.
The film is being directed by Nikolaj Arcel. It stars Idris Elba as The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain; Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers; Matthew McConaughey as The Man in Blac;, Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) as Tirana; Fran Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods) as Pimli, the right hand man of Randall Flagg; Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen); Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and Claudia Kiim (Avengers: Age of Ultron).
The Dark Tower hits theaters this summer on July 28. To catch up on all of our Dark Tower news, click here.