FURY ROAD's Abbey Lee In Talks For THE DARK TOWER; Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey Confirmed

FURY ROAD's Abbey Lee In Talks For THE DARK TOWER; Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey Confirmed

Abbey Lee is in negotiations to play the female lead in the big-screen adaptation of The Dark Tower. Plus, it sounds like Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey have been confirmed for their roles...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 18, 2016 12:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Deadline
Coming off her role as one of the "Five Wives" in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, Aussie actress and model Abbey Lee has apparently been offered the female lead role of Tirana in Sony Pictures and MRC's adaptation of the first novel in Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga. The trades report that Idris Elba is also officially on board as The Gunslinger himself, Roland Deschain, and Matthew McConaughey will play the villainous Man in Black.

Tirana is not a major character in King's novels, so we can probably expect some pretty big changes to the plot if she's been upgraded to female lead.

Nikolaj Arcel will direct The Dark Tower, which is currently set to bow on Jan. 13, 2017.
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Hellsboy
Hellsboy - 2/18/2016, 12:39 PM
Epic cast
And I mean EPIC
Matt and Idris will crush it
kakinurmawth
kakinurmawth - 2/18/2016, 9:51 PM
@Hellsboy - yeah this is gonna be pretty awesome. I'm so stoked for this
KikinGonzalez
KikinGonzalez - 2/18/2016, 12:44 PM
KA (this will be understood by SK fans)
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 2/18/2016, 12:47 PM
"Tirana is not a major character in King's novels, so we can probably expect some pretty big changes to the plot if she's been upgraded to female lead."

If you want to change everything, just make a different movie
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 2/18/2016, 12:51 PM
Those are some great leads
DocBantam
DocBantam - 2/18/2016, 12:59 PM
NoseFartU....you know NOTHING.Jollem...go away.
Seriously, this is the dogs bollox. Sounds absolutely brilliant
ChiliConCarney
ChiliConCarney - 2/18/2016, 12:59 PM
Female lead? Seriously? Don't get me wrong, Abby was one of my favorite parts of Fury Road. I just want to know who's gonna play Susannah and how big that role will be if she's still in the story.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 2/18/2016, 1:08 PM
They really dropped the ball with Roland Deschain... there can be only one



musim
musim - 2/18/2016, 1:14 PM
WTF is Tirana?
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 2/18/2016, 1:16 PM
Sounds interesting, haven't read the books but did read one of the comics, Idris Elba is really cool, also he is an Arsenal fan.

Surprised by the race change and not normally a fan of it but seems to be par for the course, but guess if Tom Cruise can play Jack Reacher anything is possible.
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