First Photos of Idris Elba as The Gunslinger From THE DARK TOWER Set
The film adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series was in development hell for years, but the movie finally started shooting about a month ago, and the first photos of Idris Elba as gunslinger Roland Deschain have surfaced online. You can see a few of them at The Daily Mail, but you'll get the gist from the images in this tweet:
Man, Elba looks like such a badass in that duster. I know some fans were disappointed with his casting because he doesn't look like Clint Eastwood, but I think he's going to be excellent in the role. Whether the movie is a good adaptation or not remains to be seen. We already know that it won't be a straight adaptation of the first book in the series, and instead it will jumble elements from a lot of the books. (I haven't heard very good things about the script, though it's possible it could have been rewritten right before production began.)
Elba stars alongside Matthew McConaughey, Katheryn Winnick, Fran Kranz, Jackie Earle Haley, Abbey Lee, and Claudia Kim.
Nikolaj Arcel is directing The Dark Tower, which arrives in theaters on February 17, 2017.