>According to Deadline, Idris Elba is currently the frontrunner to star as the Gunslinger himself, Roland Deschain, in Sony’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Dark Tower books.
>This comes almost a month after a report came out that Sony was trying to get Matthew McConaughey for the role of The Man In Black/Randall Flagg, an (almost) immortal villain who pops up in a ton of different King books.
http://www.avclub.com/article/idris-elba-might-play-roland-deschain-dark-tower-a-229586
Good
>Exodus got accused of Whitewashing
>this isn't Blackwashing
Welp dropped. Oh well, King sucks a d anyway
>>63494215
Idris is my nigga so im down with this
What the fuckkkkkk
Fucking cahuck generation
>>63494215
Man in Black and Randall Flagg can be the same, but can't look the same.
Roland has been aptly described numerous of times.
Even compared too.
This is the weakest shit ever.
I'd rather let it sit in limbo for another decade instead.
Reposting from the other thread.
Who cares? The series is shit anyway. King crapped out the final books because he was worried his magnum opus would never be finished after getting hit by that van. Fucking making himself a character, and don't get me started on what he did to Flagg. Yeah, build up Flagg as the ultimate bad guy over the course of his ENITRE LIFE'S WORK just to kill him off to show bad ass Mordred is. Only thing more bullshit was that ending. All those years for THAT? Series is shit. Dadachoke on my dick, King, you hack.
>>63494215
I'm okay with this for some reason. I usually don't like this shoehorning but I think I would be okay with Elba
Reminder that it took Stanley fucking Kubrick to make a good adaption of a Stephen King book, this is DOA
At least people can shut the fuck up about him being the next Doctor
Will Odette still call him "White Boy" and "honky mutha fucka"
>>63494536
>Stand By Me
>Shawshank Redemption
>Cujo
>The Green Mile
You don't know shit.
This is abysmal casting, but so was McConaughey.
I read the series, it's going to be near impossible to capture some of this stuff. Always wanted to see someone try though.
>>63494609
Pussified PC America can't take a character like Odette.
If only they went true to source too. There would be riots.
I cant wait for Wizard and Glass and see blonde little Susan get blacked tb/h fa,m
Having read 1-4 (still haven't read 5-8)
I have no idea how Hollywood plans on making this a movie series
It's better off as a mini series or a TV series on HBO or some shit
>>63494215
There is already a thread on this >>63490457
>>63494215
Why wouldn't they just have Scott Eastwood portray Roland? Isn't that his destiny?
