Stephen King Film Casts Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba
Stephen King has been working on a new project, a movie version of The Gunslinger, the first novel in his The Dark Tower series.
He tweeted a cryptic quote in Stephen King fashion today, and included Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, confirming the two have been cast in the upcoming film.
It’s official: The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. #DarkTowerMovie@McConaughey@IdrisElba
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 1, 2016
Elba is slated to play Roland Deschain, while McConaughey has been cast as the ‘man in black’ -the main villain in King’s series.
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