The Tracking Board is reporting that Avengers: Age of Ultron actress Claudia Kim has signed on for a role in The Dark Tower, where she’ll play Arra Champignon, “a character known to be kind and who wishes everyone well. She possesses psychic abilities and seems to come from another world – perhaps another time all together.” […]
Katheryn Winnick and Michael Barbieri join The Dark Tower
With production underway on The Dark Tower, the long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s epic fantasy series has added two new names to its cast, with Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and Michael Barbieri (Little Men) joining the movie. Winnick’s role is being kept under wraps, but Deadline is reporting that 14-year-old Barbieri is to play Timmy, “an offbeat […]
Fran Kranz joins The Dark Tower as Pimli
The cast of the long-awaited Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower has swelled again this week with the news that actor Fran Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods) has joined the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kranz, who has also featured in Dollhouse, Much Ado About Nothing and Mojave, is set to play Pimli, the […]
Jackie Earle Haley joins The Dark Tower and The Tick
With production Sony and Media Rights Capital’s The Dark Tower adaptation now underway, it has been announced that Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) has signed on to play the character of Richard Sayre in the Stephen King adaptation. Sayre did not appear until the fifth book of King’s series, Wolves of the Calla, which confirms that […]
Newcomer Tom Taylor to play Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower
Variety is reporting that newcomer Tom Taylor (Doctor Foster) has secured the pivotal role of Jake Chambers, protege to Roland Deschain, in Sony and Media Rights Capital’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. SEE ALSO: Stephen King discusses The Dark Tower movie adaptation The first Dark Tower movie is set to be directed […]
Stephen King discusses The Dark Tower movie adaptation
Last month, we got word that the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s epic fantasy series The Dark Tower has dragged itself out of development hell, with Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) set to direct Idris Elba (Luther) as the gunslinger Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as the villainous Man in Black. Yesterday, Stephen King took […]
You’re Not Entitled to a Faithful Adaptation
Samuel Brace on adapting material for the big screen… You’re not entitled to a faithful adaptation of your favourite book. You’re not entitled to an accurate depiction of your favourite comic characters in a subsequent film. You’re not even entitled to a good movie or product. You’re not entitled to anything. And I start of […]
Stephen King expects The Dark Tower to happen with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey
Last year, Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s planned adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower dragged itself out of development hell, with Sony and Media Rights Capital picking up the ambitious project and setting Nikolaj Arcel (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) to direct. In the past few months we’ve heard that Matthew […]
Idris Elba frontrunner for lead in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower adaptation
Idris Elba’s name is being tossed around as the potential lead in the big screen adaptation for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, he is now being called the frontrunner to play Roland Deschain, a role said to be narrowed down to Elba and Javier Bardem. The Dark Tower will mark the first […]
Matthew McConaughey eyed for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
Matthew McConaughey’s next project may be a film adaptation of a classic Stephen King series, as the actor has reportedly been offered a role in Sony and MRC’s The Dark Tower. The Wrap and Variety state that the film will be based on The Gunslinger, the first volume in King’s series, but both sources provide different information about the part McConaughey is […]
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