(2017) The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower is filming! Can we take a beat to appreciate that? Now we're getting our first glimpse of Idris Elba and his character The Gunslinger.

News of the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling, epic fantasy was met with cheers-and trepidation. Would such an ambitious project be better-suited to the small screen?

Over a half dozen production stills surface with Idris Elba and Tom Taylor.

From casting rumors to set photos and behind-the-scenes production details, here's all we know about the movie based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga.

All the latest news on Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen King's books, Dark Tower castings, characters, plot spoilers, trailers and more.

The tower has begun to peek above the horizon. After many years, and many attempts, a film version of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally getting underway with Idris Elba confirmed as the gunslinger and Matthew McConaughey as the mystical foe known as the man in black. Both the author and the movie’s director and co-writer, Nikolaj Arcel, spoke exclusively with EW about the plan to begin adapting the six-shooter-and-sorcery tale - which spans eight novels, assorted comic books and short stories, and is frequently referenced throughout King’s body of work.

The fate of Stephen King's The Dark Tower has been decided! After years of false promises to make a film, an idea for a TV series that went nowhere and other failed attempts to adapt the property, the beloved fantasy series is making its way to theaters.