The movie "The Dark Tower" stars Idris Elba as Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger, and Matthew McConaughey as Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black.
The Dark Tower is a sprawling series of seven novels written between 1982 and 2004. (An eighth interstitial novel was released in 2012.) The first four books were published every four to six years. But after Stephen King was hit by a minivan in 1999 and almost died, he decided to finish the saga lest another accident finish the job. The final three books were published in 2003 and 2004.
The movie, due August 4 2017, is an epic tale about Roland Deschain, a “gunslinger” who lives in a place called Mid-World, which runs parallel to our own. In that world is a giant black tower that serves as the center of all universes, including our own. But Mid-World has begun to fall apart and, in an effort to save it, Roland must pursue both a bad guy who dresses all in black and the Tower itself.
Find out What You Need to Know About ‘The Dark Tower’ at The New York Times.