They May Have Just Found The Perfect Roland For The "Dark Tower" Film

    All things serve the beam.

    by Jack Shepherd, Tanner Greenring, Crystal Ro

    First of all, there is going to be a Dark Tower adaptation by Sony in 2017.

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    Second of all, according to Deadline Hollywood, there is now a huge chance that they're not going to screw it up, because Idris Elba is a frontrunner to play Roland.

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    Matthew McConaughey is a potential to play the Man in Black, which is pretty great casting too.

    Which got everyone all like:

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    Here's a taste of the awesomeness that could be in our future if everyone just stays cool and sees this excellent idea through to the end:

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    Thankee Sai!

    CORRECTION

    Sony is adapting The Dark Tower for the big screen. A previous version of this post misidentified the planned film as a TV series.