What You Need to Know About The Dark Tower

Amazon Prime is working on the first season of a series based on Stephen King's largest book series. Not much is known about the project yet. But the creators must show the world in the spirit of the Wild West and introduce us to interesting characters.

Update: January 15, 2020 it became known ‘The Dark Tower’ Series Adaptation Not Going Forward At Amazonthat Amazon canceled production of the series and put the developed materials up for sale. The further fate of the project is unknown.

How the idea of ​​the series "The Dark Tower" changed

The Dark Tower series was originally conceived as a prequel to the 2017 film. The leading actor in the full-length version of Idris Elba could appear in a small cameo, giving way to a younger actor in the future. He could return to the role of the main villain Matthew McConaugheyas his character does not age.

However, the film at the box office completely failed. The painting didn't even recoup the production costs. She is rated 5.6 on IMDb, while on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes it is only 16% from critics and 45% from viewers.

At first, they decided to completely cancel the series, then it was intercepted by the streaming service Amazon Prime. But they were going to restart the story, completely replacingAmazon's 'The Dark Tower' TV Series Recasts the Lead Roles the cast.

How is the shooting of "The Dark Tower"

Glen Mazzara has been appointed executive producer and showrunner of the project (“the walking Dead»), The script is written by Anders Thomas Jensen - he also worked on the film. Also involved in the process is the famous producer Akiva Goldsman. Under their leadership, the filming startedAmazon's “The Dark Tower” TV Series Has Begun Filming and Michael Rooker Will Star! in April 2019. Some of them take place in Croatia.

What the series will tell about

The series of books "The Dark Tower" is dedicated to Roland Descein - the last of the Shooters family. He lives in a post-apocalyptic world, somewhat reminiscent of our Earth in the days of the Wild West. Roland tries to get to the Dark Tower, the only way he can save all worlds from destruction. Satellites from the Earth familiar to us help him in this.

Most likely, the series will be based on the fourth book of the series "The Wizard and the Crystal". Its plot is mostly dedicated to Roland's early years. Then his father sent the young Shooter, along with his comrades Cuthbert Allgood and Alain Jones, to the town of Hambry, since the revolutionary Farson became more active there.

In the city, Roland met Susan Delgado, and they fell in love. But young heroes have to confront older and more experienced bandits.

Who will play in the TV series "The Dark Tower"

The main role of young Roland Desceine will be played by Sam Strike, familiar from the TV series "Flying Through the Night".

Jasper Pääkkonen (“Vikings”) will also appear in the project. He will play the main villain - the Man in Black (aka Randall Flagg, Martin Broadclok or Walter Padick).

Interestingly, in parallel, the streaming service CBS All Access is filming a mini-series “Confrontation", Based on another large-scale work of Stephen King. The villain there is also Randall Flagg, but performed by Alexander Skarsgard.

Jerome Flynn (Bronn from Game of Thrones) rapped in‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Cast Adds ’‘ Game of Thrones ’Actor Jerome Flynn as a‘ Cowboy ’to play a cowboy in The Dark Tower. Judging by the actor's image in other projects, fans have already suggested that he got the role of the bandit leader Eldred Jonas. He, as well as the crowd scene, can be seen in photographs from the shooting.

Pictures from shooting of The Dark Tower

Little-known actor Emir Müller also shared footage from the set.

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In addition, the series will play'The Dark Tower' Filming in Croatia the famous Michael Rooker. But his role has not yet been revealed.