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The Dark Tower
Holy shit, it's actually happening. For real.
Starring Idris Elba as the gunslinger (which might explain the recent weird rumor about a white actress being cast as susannah...) and Matthew McConaughey as the man in black. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel and targeted to be in theaters next January. Somehow. Quote:
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03-01-2016, 11:51 AM | #2 |
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As in January 2017? Why would they rush it like that? Must be some type of licensing agreement coming to an end?
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Been looking forward to this for a long time.
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03-01-2016, 12:06 PM | #4 |
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Wait....Randall Flagg is the Man in Black?
Is this something I was just supposed to know? I haven't read the whole Dark Tower series because I'm not 60 yrs old yet and I think that's how long it would take. So the ending of The Stand just got worse. "The Hand of God" pretty much didn't do shit, did it?
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03-01-2016, 05:51 PM | #6 |
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Also, there have been no rumors (that I'm aware of) of anyone, let alone a white actress, playing Susannah.
Abbey Lee has been rumored to be attached to a character called Tirana. |
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Whether that's the case or not, there's going to be issues with the characterization of Susannah now that the gunslinger is black, because of the detta/odetta arc. (This should in no way be interpreted as criticism of the casting. I love Idris Elba and don't care what color the gunslinger is...) |
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Weird. I haven't any of those rumor about the character replacing Susannah.
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the best of the king books IMO. and I agree....LOVE this guy! great actor. but....why does hollywood feel the need to mess with shit like this? Susannah is a BLACK character. inside and out....and it's a big part of why I love her. she can't be WHITE for ****s sake. if she is she'll lose so damn much....well....character. Roland being black....OK...I can hang...because it ain't gonna mess with who Roland is. but Susannah IS BLACK....it is who she is man. not gonna like a white one.....
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And since King has said this is starting in the middle, we don't need her to appear in the Gunslinger. But, yeah, they're gonna do whatever they're gonna do. I would be shocked if they change her race, though. Those interviews in EW don't really indicate that kind of thing happening. There's plenty of room within those comments, for sure. But just seems weird to me. |
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The issue is less about how they handle her ethnicity as it is about how they handle her hatred of Roland's. Or half of her hatred of Roland's. The storyline from the series can't work as originally written of they're both dark skinned. It just can't. So they're going to have to change something about her, whether it's her ethnicity or her origin, unless they just completely leave out odetta/detta. Which wouldn't make any sense.
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hmm.... PS - Johnny Storm is WHITE! **** you hollywood!
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