Stephen King: What Went Wrong With The Dark Tower Movie
2017's The Dark Tower failed to hit the mark in theaters, and a few factors contributed to why the movie went so wrong. One ofmany Stephen King adaptations in the past few years, The Dark Tower stars Idris Elba as the otherworldly gunslinger Roland Deschain, who originates from another realm known as Mid-World. When a kid from New York City named Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) finds himself transported through a portal to Mid-World, he's along for the ride with Roland in his quest for revenge on The Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey). The villain, meanwhile, is determined to gain control of the mythical Dark Tower that rests at the heart of not just Roland's universe, but all universes.
Rather than being adapted from the books directly, The Dark Tower acts as a continuation of the series, which is comprised of seven novels, one tie-in book, and one short story. Despite the promise that the film had with the source material it was drawing from, The Dark Tower proved to be a box office disappointment. The film also saw a generally unfavorable reception, with much criticism stemming from the movie's mishandling of the novel's stories it was seeking to continue.
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Ultimately, The Dark Tower's franchise plans faltered in light of its underperformance. Considering how central The Dark Tower series is to King's entire body of work, it was an unfortunate outcome. At the same time, the fact that The Dark Tower is such a quintessential series of books in Stephen King's bibliography also helps explain several of the key failings that afflicted The Dark Tower movie. Here's what went wrong.
Casting Idris Elba as Roland Deschain was one of the decisions made in The Dark Tower that was
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