Director and Writer Locked Down for The Dark Tower

A month after the initial rumor, Sony Pictures have revealed they have officially signed Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) as the director of The Dark Tower. In addition Arcel recruited Anders Thomas Jensen (Election Day) to help write the film building on some of the script work from Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. The current plan is a combination of movies and TV series to tell the entire 8 novel story of Roland Deschain and his quest for The Dark Tower.