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The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

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The Dark Tower

"There are other worlds than these."

2017

1h 35m

5.8(5662 votes)

Fantasy

Action

Science Fiction

Overview

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

MRC

Imagine Entertainment

Weed Road Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Roland Deschain

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

Walter O’Dim

Tom Taylor

Tom Taylor

Jake Chambers

Claudia Kim

Claudia Kim

Arra Champignon

Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz

Pimli Prentiss

Abbey Lee

Abbey Lee

Tirana

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Richard Sayre

Katheryn Winnick

Katheryn Winnick

Laurie Chambers

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Steven Deschain

Michael Barbieri

Michael Barbieri

Timmy

Creative team

Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Written by: Nikolaj Arcel
Anders Thomas Jensen
Produced by: Ron Howard
Akiva Goldsman

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