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Film · 2017

The Dark Tower

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel · starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Dennis Haysbert

  • 1 h 35 min
  • 12
  • Fantasy · Western
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 17 August 2017
  • 4.2 AverageMovieNCo
  • 5.0 Users18 votes
  • 3.4 Critics4 reviews
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Synopsis

'The Dark Tower' is the film adaptation of the books created by Stephen King. The saga is composed of a series of eight novels written between 1982 and 2004, telling the story of Roland Deschain and the difficulties to achieve the long-awaited "dark tower". A mystical construction which is said to work as a magic portal to other worlds. It's a dream that is not known very well if is something real or something created by the imagination. 'The Dark Tower' is a film that mixes several genres such as horror, science fiction, fantasy and western. Nikolaj Arcel is the director of the film adaptation and Matthew McConaughey (as Roland Deschain) and Idris Elba (as the Gunslinger) will be inside the cast. At the same time, Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz and Tom Taylor are rumored to be the studio's' option to play different characters in the movie. On the other hand, Akiva Goldsman, Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen are the writers of the script.

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The essentials

Runtime
95 min1 hour and 35 minutes
Budget
€60mSony Pictures Classics
Box office
$50.4min US
Rating
12Suitable for 12 years and over
How long is The Dark Tower?
1 hour and 35 minutes (95 minutes).
When was The Dark Tower released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 17 August 2017.
Who directed The Dark Tower?
Nikolaj Arcel.
Who is in The Dark Tower?
It stars Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Dennis Haysbert and Claudia Kim.
Where can I watch The Dark Tower?
In the UK it is available with a channel on Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
How much did The Dark Tower make?
It took $50.4 million in US. It cost €60 million.
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Cast

Full cast (25)
Director
Nikolaj Arcel
Writers
Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel
Producers
Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard, Jeff Pinkner

Videos and trailers

All 7 videos
Trailer 'The Dark Tower' #2 1:4115 July 2017

Photos and posters

All 14 photos

Reviews

All 4 reviews
5.0 18 votes
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What the critics say average 3.4 from 4 outlets

  • 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Production and effects departments make the picture quite good-looking, action scenes play well and, though the setups are sometimes inelegant, a few comic moments land nicely. Read
  • 4.0 The GuardianCharles Bramesco It?s rare that a film so convoluted also manages to be so determinedly boring. Read
  • 2.0 The WrapDan Callahan Most of the scenes in ?The Dark Tower? feel like a desperate compromise of some kind, and often there seem to be scenes missing that would simply get us from one point to another. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget €60m
  • US $50.4m
  • UK £2.5m

Soundtrack

All 3 songs
  1. How Little We KnowThe Nick Perito Orchestra Spotify
  2. Buscando Un Nuevo AmorTodo Cien Spotify
  3. Va Va VoomLevi Brown, Frank Zappa

Trivia

All 6 facts

  • Daniel Craig, Christian Bale, Viggo Mortensen and Javier Bardem were considered for the lead role before Idris Elba was cast.

  • Possible Eddie Dean

    Aaron Paul has been rumored as a possible Eddie Dean.

  • The original Dark Tower book series was seven novels.

  • When Abbey Lee entered talks to appear as the female lead of Tirana, it caused some confusion among fans of the book series, as the character was originally written as a minor villain with little influence on the plot and does not appear until the final book in the series.

  • Based on Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' series of novels, which was inspired in part by Robert Browning's poem 'Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came'.

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