McConaughey will play the villain Walter Padick — aka the Man in Black — in Sony and MRC’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower franchise.
McConaughey has just received the script and has not yet decided whether he will star.
Padick is a demonic sorcerer who Roland “the gunslinger” pursues in the first book. The character first appears in “The Stand” and goes by the name of Randall Flagg, a character that McConaughey was also offered to play. “The Gunslinger” will be the first in a series of films.
Nikolaj Arcel is directing the movie, which is currently set to bow on Jan. 13, 2017.
The first book, “The Gunslinger,” has already been adapted by Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. Goldsman and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Erica Huggins will produce, while Pinkner will exec produce.
Sony will distribute the pic. MRC will also develop a TV series to go along with the film franchise.
McConaughey recently finished filming the Stephen Gaghan drama “Gold” and also has “Sea of Trees.”
