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    Amazon’s ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Casts Their Gunslinger

    Mary Anne ButlerBy No Comments


    Back in February of 2018, Amazon Studios nabbed a bunch of book titles for series options including such fantasy epics as The Wheel of Time, Ringworld, and The Dark Tower.

    Perhaps you’ll recall that at one point, HBO was working on a Dark Tower series in conjunction with the Sony feature film, but that really didn’t pan out the way anyone was expecting.

    Cut to this morning- a story from Deadline that the new Amazon series has reportedly cast Sam Strike (Nightflyers, Mindhunter) as the Gunslinger, Roland Deschain.

    Amazon's 'The Dark Tower' TV Series Casts Their Gunslinger
    Sam Strike in “Mindhunter”
    Photo courtesy of Netflix

    Also included in the report was a mention of Jasper Pääkkönen (Vikings, BlacKkKlansman) joining the cast as well, possibly as Marten.

    Amazon's 'The Dark Tower' TV Series Casts Their Gunslinger
    Jasper Pääkkönen from “Vikings”
    Photo courtesy of HISTORY

    The Dark Tower series hasn’t officially gotten a series order yet from Amazon, but we’ll let you know what we hear.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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