Check Out the First Footage of Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’!

We’re beyond stoked for the long overdue big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s brilliant epic, The Dark Tower. The first film in the franchise will hit big screens this summer, and we’ve finally got a first look at some of the flick’s insanity! Check out a pair of 15-second teasers below!

The Dark Tower features Idris Elba (Prometheus) as Roland, Matthew McConaughey (Dazed and Confused) will play the villainous Man in Black. Supporting performers include Fran Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods), Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen), Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katheryn Winnick (Killers).

Nikolaj Arcel directs. Arcel also co-writes with Anders Thomas Jensen, Jeff Pinkner and Akiva Goldsman.

The Dark Tower is scheduled to arrive on the big screen on August 4th, 2017.

Synopsis:

Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.