Ever since the first trailer for The Dark Tower arrived, we’ve been digging for easter eggs that reference other Stephen King properties. We noticed in the film’s first trailer that, on the desk of a therapist’s office, is a photo of The Shining‘s infamous Overlook Hotel, and later, young Jake Chambers stumbles across what looks to be the ruins of Pennywise’s very own theme park! Another monstrous easter egg was confirmed by King, who revealed that Cujo will take a bite out of the cast, while director Nikolaj Arcel teased in a reddit AMA that we’ll also see the car from Christine!
The studio took the fun out of digging when they released Monday’s trailer that literally reveals all of the easter eggs in the film, which unfortunately doesn’t include King himself. All but one, that is.
A new trailer teasing the new KINGdom not only references, IT, The Shining, and Christine but also promises that The Dark Tower will also harken back to Carrie!
The film is not a direct adaptation of any of the books in the series from author Stephen King but rather a “canon continuation” of the story presented in the novels.
The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle. Fran Kranz, Jackie Earle Haley, Abbey Lee, and Kathryn Winnick also star.
The Dark Tower was directed by Nikolaj Arcel and produced by Akiva Goldman, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Erica Hughes.
Look for it on August 4, 2017.
