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.
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The first Dark Tower movie is set to be directed by Nikolaj Arcel from a script by Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinker, and will star Idris Elba as Roland and Matthew McConaughey as The Man in Black. Mad Max: Fury Road star Abbey Lee is also set to feature in the cast.
The Dark Tower is set for release on February 17th, 2017.
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