Following the new video that emerged last week which teasedDark Tower’s many scary monstersand a few Easter Eggs from author Stephen King’s other classic novels, today another video has surfaced, hinting at a “Connected KINGdom.” The video features narration from The Gunslinger himself, Roladn Deschain (Idris Elba), who teases that there are more worlds out there. For fans of Stephen King’s novels and movie adaptations, you’ll certainly be able to pick out a few familiar images, if not all of them.
This video debuted on Sony Pictures YouTube, which features CGI imagery inspired by certain scenes in Stephen King’s books. While this video may indicate to some that this might be quite the sprawling adaptation, the officialDark Tower runtimewas unveiled last week at just 95 minutes, which took some fans by surprise, especially considering the epic nature of these novels. Still, we’ve seen in the previous video that there are homages toThe Stand,ITandThe Shining, which kicks off this particular video, featuring Danny’s tricyle in the creepy hallways of the Overlook Hotel.
The video then heads into the sewers, with some iconic imagery fromIT(which also has a highly-anticipated adaptation coming on September 8), before heading into a high school gymnasium with the classic pig’s blood scene fromCarrie. The video even goes insideThe Shawkshank Redemption, which is based on one of Stephen King’s short stories, along with the highway scene fromThe Stand, before going back toThe Dark Tower, withThe Gunslingerstating that all of these worlds “begin and end here,” atThe Dark Tower. It will be interesting to see if there are Easter Eggs for all of these stories inThe Dark Tower, but it has been confirmed that the iconic dogCujowill be present.
The Dark Tower book series tells the story of Roland Deschain, Mid-World’s last gunslinger, who is traveling southeast across Mid-World’s post-apocalyptic landscape, searching for the powerful but elusive magical edifice known asThe Dark Tower. Located in the fey region of End-World, amid a sea of singing red roses, the Dark Tower is the nexus point of the time-space continuum. It is the heart of all worlds, but it is also under threat. Someone, or something, is using the evil technology of the Great Old Ones to destroy it. Matthew McConaughey stars as the man trying to stop Roland Deschain,The Man in Black, who will stop at nothing to destroyThe Dark Tower.
This adaptation is said to be the first installment of a trilogy, with aDark Tower TV seriesalso confirmed, which will also bring back Idris Elba as The Gunslinger. Little is known about this series. but it is believed to air in between each installment of the movie trilogy. If Idris Elba has been confirmed for the TV series, then it seems likely that at least most of the main cast members will be back to reprise their roles. Still, no official production schedule or premiere date has been given, so while we wait for more onThe Dark Tower, take a look at this video to see all of the Stephen King worlds that are connected toThe Dark Tower.
