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‘The Dark Tower’ Has Locked Down Jake Chambers

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8 years ago

March 10, 2016

'The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead' #3. Illustrated by Dennis Calero.

Things are moving at locomotive pace for the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower (barring unsubstantiated rumors) with both Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba having confirmed roles as “The Man in Black” and Roland, respectively. Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) also has a confirmed role, although it’s not clear what it is.

Now there are rumblings over at Variety that Tom Taylor, a newcomer to the scene, has been cast as Jake Chambers, the spiritual son of Roland.

The Dark Tower will be released on February 17th, 2017 and is being directed by Nikolaj Arcel based on a script from Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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7 hours ago

April 19, 2024

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Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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