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The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

There are other worlds than these.

20175.81h 35m

Overview

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Written by Nikolaj Arcel, Akiva Goldsman, Anders Thomas Jensen
Produced by Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman, Erica Huggins
Box OfficeBudget: $60.0MRevenue: $113.2M

Top Cast

Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Roland Deschain

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

Walter O’Dim

Tom Taylor

Tom Taylor

Jake Chambers

Claudia Kim

Claudia Kim

Arra Champignon

Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz

Pimli Prentiss

Abbey Lee

Abbey Lee

Tirana

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Richard Sayre

Katheryn Winnick

Katheryn Winnick

Laurie Chambers

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Steven Deschain

Michael Barbieri

Michael Barbieri

Timmy

Themes & Keywords

mind controlnew york citygunslingerbased on novel or bookportaldesertparallel worldanother world

About The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower is a fantasy, action, science fiction film released in 2017 exploring themes of mind control, new york city, gunslinger, based on novel or book, portal, desert. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, it stars Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor. A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

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