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Michael Rooker joins The Dark Tower TV series

June 13, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Guardians of the Galaxy star Michael Rooker has revealed on his website that he has joined the cast of Amazon’s TV adaptation of the Stephen King fantasy epic The Dark Tower.

Details on Rooker’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actor joins the previously announced Sam Strike (Nightflyers) as Roland Deschain and Jasper Paakkonen (Vikings) as The Man in Black, along with Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones).

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The Dark Tower was originally planned as a prequel to the 2017 movie, but is now a full reboot with no ties to the film. Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) is serving as showrunner and executive producer on the thirteen-episode season.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Michael Rooker, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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