The Dark Tower (2017)
The Dark Tower is an American science fantasy, western, action, horror film film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel released on August 4, 2017. A continuation of Stephen King's novel series of the same name, the film stars Idris Elba as Roland Deschain, a gunslinger on a quest to protect the Dark Tower – a mythical structure which supports all realities – and Matthew McConaughey as his nemesis, Walter Padick.
Intended to launch a film and television franchise, the first installment combines elements from several novels in the eight-volume series, taking place partly in modern-day New York City and partly in Mid-world, Roland's Old West-style parallel universe. Additionally, King has tweeted a photo of the Horn of Eld with the caption "Last Time Around", which relates to the ending of the final book, The Dark Tower; Arcel has said that fans will know the movie is a sequel to the books' events.
Premise[]
This film's story occurs sometime after the events of The Dark Tower. Jake Chambers is an 11-year-old adventure seeker who discovers clues about another dimension called Mid-world. Upon following the mystery, he is spirited away to Mid-World where he encounters a Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, who is on a quest to reach the "Dark Tower" that resides in End-world and reach the nexus point between time and space that he hopes will save all existence from extinction by Hell. But with various monsters and a vicious sorcerer named Walter Padick hot on their trail, the unlikely duo find that their quest may be difficult to complete.
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Dark Man, at long last saunters onto the scene. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.