Big Stars in Cape Town to Shoot Stephen King Movie
Shooting of “The Dark Tower”, based on the best-selling Stephen King book and starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, has started in Cape Town and the Western Cape. The movie is being directed by Dane Nikolaj Arcel, famous for making the first (and best) “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and the brilliant but much-overlooked “A Royal Affair”. […]
Shooting of “The Dark Tower”, based on the best-selling Stephen King book and starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, has started in Cape Town and the Western Cape.
The movie is being directed by Dane Nikolaj Arcel, famous for making the first (and best) “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and the brilliant but much-overlooked “A Royal Affair”.
The story is described on IMDB as follows: “Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.” In his pursuit of the Dark Tower the Gunslinger (Elba) is pitted against the mysterious man in black (McConaughey).
Also in the cast is the “Vikings” Canadian-born star Katheryn Winnick as well as American Jackie Earle Haley.
The director posted tweets about Rawsonville and one of the desert-like shooting locations in South Africa:
Let´s enjoy this amazing night in Rawsonville!!!
I have to seize the moment.#CapeTown #SouthAfrica #Paradise— Nikolaj Arcel (@Nikolaj_Arcel) May 5, 2016
It’s a great day to be outdoors in South Africa desert?…
Don´t agree wholeheartedly, but… Work is work! pic.twitter.com/haTJaimIYk— Nikolaj Arcel (@Nikolaj_Arcel) April 27, 2016