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The Dark Tower (Blu-ray Review) – The Stephen King fantasy saga finally makes it to the screen

December 11, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Jackie Earle Haley, Katheryn Winnick
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Running Time: 95 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: December 11th 2017 (UK)

It’s a movie 10-years in the making (at least this attempt took 10 year), but when it arrived in cinemas The Dark Tower was met with negative reviews and muted box office. It currently has a pretty abysmal 16% on RottenTomatoes and just 5.9/10 from viewers on IMDB. So is it really that bad? No, it’s not, but its easy to understand why it’s had such bad reactions.

The film focuses on teenager Jake (Tom Taylor), who’s been having strange visions of a giant tower at the centre of the universe and the ‘Man In Black’ (Matthew McConaughey), who’s determined to destroy it. While those around him are beginning to think Jake is becoming unhinged, the teen discovers what he’s been seeing is real. [Read more…]

The Dark Tower Reveals Its First Poster

March 19, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After a long a tortuous road to the screen, Hollywood is hoping for big things from the adaptation of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series of novels. With a July release set, it’s almost surprising we haven’t seen more about it by now, but a poster has been revealed to give us a glimpse of this world.

Expect a trailer to follow soon.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘

Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is the most ambitious and expansive story from one of the world’s most celebrated authors. Now, the story makes its long-awaited launch to the big screen, starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as Walter O’Dim. The film is being directed by Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair), with a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner and Anders Thomas Jensen & Nikolaj Arcel, based on King’s novels. Producers on the film are Akiva Goldsman, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Erica Huggins.’

Take a look at the full poster below. [Read more…]

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Matthew McConaughey Circling Villainous Role In Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

November 17, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

For decades Hollywood has been talking about adapting Stephen King’s popular series of novels, The Dark Tower. A couple of years ago it looked like it was going to happen with Ron Howard at the helm and both interlinked films and TV series proposed. However, it all fell apart over money and the studio reluctant to guarantee they’d see the whole thing through to the end.

Now though the adaptation is back on track, with Howard still involved as a producer, but Nikolaj Arcel set to direct. Now they’re looking to cast the film, with THR reporting that Matthew McConaughey may play the villain known as the Man in Black.

It’s very early stages though, and McConaughey hasn’t yet officially entered negotiations, although he has had a meeting with Arcel, and it appears they’d like him onboard.

Set in a fantasy version of the Wild West, King’s novels follow Deschain, the last in a long line of gunfighters, who journeys to The Dark Tower in a last-ditch effort to save humanity. Up against him is a demonic sorcerer who may be played by McConaughey.

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A Royal Affair’s Nikolaj Arcel Up To Make DC’s Fables

June 5, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Nikolaj-Arcel Nikolaj Arcel earned huge acclaim for directing the Oscar-nominated period drama A Royal Affair, as well as co-writing the screenplay for the Swedish adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Now he’s going Hollywood, as THR reports he’s signed up to direct the planned film version of the long-running DC/Vertigo series Fables.

Harry Potter’s David Heyman is set to produce, with Jeremy Slater handling the screenplay (he also wrote the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot).

With fairy tale films all the rage, Fables could certainly do well. Created by Bill Willham, it takes all the characters from classic fairy tales and puts them in our world. They live in a secret pocket of New York City, where they’ve created their own community, informally known as Fabletown.

Warner Bros. previously tried to turn it into a movie in 2004 with the Jim Henson Company, and in 2008 ABC tried to turn it into a television series (instead they made Once Upon A Time). This latest take previously had David Yates in the frame to direct, but he’s now been replaced by Arcel.

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