http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/2...ephen-king-idris-elba-and-matthew-mcconaughey

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According to the article Nikolaj Arcel is set to start filming the movie in the coming weeks and an expected release date of January 13, 2017.

The movie won't start with the first book, but rather at a later point in the Series. Exactly how many books the movie will cover is still unknown.
The Intro, however, will be the same: "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed."

 

To quote Agent Mulder, "I want to believe."

But the bits that keep floating to the surface have not been greatly tantalizing, and I doubt that what we're going to end up with will be a faithful adaptation in the way that Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy was but instead angle more toward Dragonball Evolution, ugh.
You know what? Fuck it. We're getting a Dark Tower adaptation after all of this time. And these tweets, if genuine, have just sold me on the matter of sitting through the film at least once.

 

Oh cool, I've only read the first book but I've been meaning to...

God fucking damn it.

 

It's not about the actor's performance (and this goes as much for Elba as it does James Earl Jones or Morgan Freeman), but the trend. Recasting white characters is a lazy way to get minorities into media and discourages creativity, on top of being a racial slight.

Hopefully the movie will at least be good, unlike, say, Fant4stic.

 

McConaughey definitely has the acting chops to pull this off. Though to be honest he's more in line with what I had pictured for Roland.

 

Who cares? If you can get Idris Elba to be your lead without breaking realism, you get Idris Elba to be your lead.

 

Pop in blue contacts and you're set.

 

I've been following news of this religiously - and some script points that popped up a few months back, dismissed at the time, are looking to be more likely. This is good and bad, and I'll explain why.

Note: This could all change, but so far what has been confirmed has mirrored what was released by someone who read the script a few months ago. Possible spoilers, mild book spoilers, so I'll spoiler it:

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• The movie is mainly from Jake's perspective, and starts not with Book One but partway through the cycle. Also Jake has been aged up to about 15.
• Eddie and Susannah have been written out entirely, at least of this first movie.
• No mention of Oy
• Apparently, and this is why I'm still giving this adaptation the benefit of the doubt, when we're first introduced to Roland he's carrying a certain horn on his belt. Those that have read the books will understand the significance of this - the film may be the next cycle for Roland, and thus changes from the books can be accepted.
• Perhaps instead of 19, the number of significance this time around will be 20.

So, yeah. It's rumours, but with some weight behind them given all the details that have already emerged. As it stands, I'm tentatively hopeful, even if it's not the story as Sai King put to paper.

 

Surely the kid from Room would be good for the role of Jake? I think a TV series more in line with GoT would be better given the number of novels and scope of the universe.

 

Well this is the best news I've heard all week. Learning from my mistakes in Harry Potter though I'm definitely not going to read the books again in my hype.

Plus if what Joe said turns out to be true they'll get an even bigger pass on minutiae checking. Hoping for blue eyes at least though.

 

I don't get why people are crying about the race aspect, they're claiming it will fundamentally alter Detta's character. I don't feel that the race aspect was the most important about Detta, it's just the vitriol and hatred that is vital which can be explored through avenues other than race.

 

Honestly? I hated Detta with all my guts. If they skipped that whole arc and gave me Susannah from the get go I wouldn't even be mad.

 

Could you clarify/link a story

Oh and Aviary you need to chill about the Elba casting, he's a phenomenal actor and I think he could do the role great justice so nothing else matters.

Unlike you, he won't forget the face of his father.

 

It wasn't really a specific article, it was mainly reading the reactions of all the brogressives on Reddit.

 

I have started but never finished the Dark Tower series. With the recent announcement, I am much more motivated to finish reading before the movie releases.

 

About where did you leave off? The series has some wild ideas in play as things progress.