This deluxe, illustrated official companion to the Dark Tower movie8212based on Stephen King8217s bestselling eightvolume series8212explores the art and creation of this extraordinary film, starring Idris Elba as The Gunslinger and Matthew McConaughey as his nemesis, The Man in Black A gorgeous celebration of the art and creation of the Dark Tower movie, Dark Tower: The Art of the Film includes interviews with actors and the director, the costume designer, and the set designer From revealing how casting found the stars and the photography team scouted key locations, thoughts on where the Dark Tower can go from here, the book is organized into five parts Part I: The Path to the Tower discusses the origins of the saga and its thematic and cultural influences Part II: The Gunslinger and the Man in Black profiles the two characters as two opposing forces Part III: MidWorld is a journey through the bizarre wasteland of interdimensional detritus that is MidWorld Part IV: Keystone Earth might be our Earth, but the Keystone Earth of the Dark Tower universe is also rocked by quakes and stretched thin by interdimensional stress Part V: The Dark Tower is the wrapup section collecting insights from the film8217s major players, sharing their favorite memories and looking back on the journey that led them to this point Over three decades ago Stephen King introduced readers to Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger In 2003 King wrote the last of seven novels in the Dark Tower series Now fans of the book and of the movie will welcome this big, beautiful, fullcolor book that they8217ll need for their collections