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Sony Pictures has revealed three motion posters The Dark Tower, the much-awaited film adaptation of the novel of same name. The film stars Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kiim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, and Jackie Earle Haley.

A new trailer will hit tomorrow so stay tuned for that when it hits.

The film has been stated to be not a typical adaptation, but more of a new take on the series. The Dark Tower follows Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor), a young 11-year-old adventure seeker who discovers clues about another dimension called Mid-World.

Upon following the mystery, he is spirited away to Mid-World where he encounters the lone frontiersman knight Roland Deschain (Idris Elba) who is on a quest to reach the “Dark Tower” that resides in End-World and reach the nexus point between time and space that he hopes will save Mid-World from extinction.

But with various monsters and a vicious sorcerer named Walter Padick (Matthew McConaughey) hot on their trail, the unlikely duo find that their quest may be difficult to complete.

Have a look at the motion posters below.

https://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH/videos/10155274545259028/

https://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH/videos/10155274538624028/

https://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH/videos/10155274533329028/

http://splashreport.com/motion-post...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[Maintenance]

All gone.

 

[Theorry]

All gone.

Que?

 

[aussiedude08]

is it going to be the trailer that was leaked lastyear with unfinished VFX.

Because it looked OK, but not as good as i hoped.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

¿Qué?

Fixed

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Please be good.

 

[mcfrank]

I hope this motion poster thing does not take off. Ugh

 

[Real Hero]

get ready for extreme dissapointment

 

[EVO]

Holy shit. I was imagining posters like this with a friend the other night, and here they are.

 

[Jarmel]

Those posters look like hot garbage. The earlier one was great with the inverted characters.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I am excited for many different reasons.

 

[El Topo]

Those motion posters are horrendous.

 

[Rootbeer]

Those posters look like hot garbage. The earlier one was great with the inverted characters.

Was gonna say the same thing. Looks like something a practicing High Schooler might make, not a studio.

 

[Mac the KNife]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

 

[Glass Rebel]

I've yet to see a good motion poster so I won't judge the movie based on them but studios really should stop doing fucking motion posters.

 

[hydruxo]

I'm not very optimistic about this movie, sadly. But still interested in checking out the trailer tomorrow.

 

[Robdraggoo]

So the focus is going to be in Jake and not Roland?

Please be good

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

I am excited for many different reasons.

I'm not excited because Sony.

 

[LFMartins86]

Motion posters are region restricted now? What a world we live on.

 

[Occam]

Is there any chance this could turn out good?

 

[LakeEarth]

Is there any chance this could turn out good?

The fact that it was delayed and that we're getting a trailer so late is fishy, to say the least.

 

[Caddywompus]

I'm ready to be whelmed

 

[El Topo]

Is there any chance this could turn out good?

There is a chance you might win the lottery three times in a row.

 

[the_firewithin]

Please be good
Please be good

 

[LewieP]

Cool. Someone should make a thread tomorrow.

 

[gutshot]

Can't believe they are going to waste this cast.

 

[darkwing]

Is there any chance this could turn out good?

no

 

[Mac the KNife]

So the focus is going to be in Jake and not Roland?

Please be good

Roland's kind of a larger-than-life character, if Jake's the vehicle we view Roland through I can see it being interesting.

 

[Khoryos]

But with various monsters and a vicious sorcerer named Walter Padick (Matthew McConaughey) hot on their trail,

Isn't that basically the exact opposite of how the book goes?

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

So the focus is going to be in Jake and not Roland?

Please be good

Roland shouldn't be the main character. He's the villain of the story.

 

[sammex]

Please be good thankee sai

 

[Jarmel]

Roland shouldn't be the main character. He's the villain of the story.

lol wut

 

[Wood Man]

I really thought this would've been perfect as an HBO feature. Would've fit right in after GoT ended.

 

[JdFoX187]

Ugh...while I love the book, and am working my way through the series, but that description sounds bad. I know it's a sequel, rather than an adaption, but damn.

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

lol wut

It'd be getting into huge spoilers, but a lot of the terrible shit that happens is because of Roland's selfish obsession with the Tower.

 

[Icebergslim]

What the fuck is a motion poster

 

[darkstar0155]

It'd be getting into huge spoilers, but a lot of the terrible shit that happens is because of Roland's obsession with the Tower.

Ive read the series front to back 5+ times, and while I can somewhat understand what your saying, I never would consider him the antagonist.

 

[Harmen]

Damn, those posters are awkward with all those random objects moving unnaturally in an otherwise static image.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

What the fuck is a motion poster

A poster in motion duh.

 

[Jarmel]

It'd be getting into huge spoilers, but a lot of the terrible shit that happens is because of Roland's selfish obsession with the Tower.

I've read the books and I understand that but it doesn't make him a villain, especially in a series where there are literal human eaters.

 

[guybrushfreeman]

Please be good.

.

 

[Real Hero]

It'd be getting into huge spoilers, but a lot of the terrible shit that happens is because of Roland's selfish obsession with the Tower.

which is interesting because he's the main character...

 

[Glass Rebel]

Roland shouldn't be the main character. He's the villain of the story.

The "villain" (which is subjective anyway) can still be the protagonist.

 

[SargerusBR]

What the fuck is a motion poster

 

[NullPointer]

What the fuck is a motion poster

A really crappy GIF by the look of things.

 

[JC Lately]

So the gunslinger fled across the desert, and the man in black followed?

You had one goddamn job, Sony.

 

[gforguava]

Those posters are embarrassing. What little hope I had for this is long dead.

 

[JBourne]

The Idris Elba poster is laughably bad. Why did they add that bullet.

 

[KraftyKrankins]

Those are the worst motion posters I've seen so far.

 

[jett]

Those motion posters are some awful shit. They don't inspire much confidence, then there's the shoddy trailer that leaked.