The Dark Tower trailer is here and I need a moment alone with The Gunslinger. [Pajiba]
Celine Dion was feeling herself at the Met Gala. [Dlisted]
How do dolphins have sex? It’s apparently pretty complicated. [Jezebel]
Caroline Kennedy looked amazing at the Met Gala too. [LaineyGossip]
The dudes of the Met Gala! Rami Malek killed it. [Go Fug Yourself]
Jordan Edwards. Say his name. [Buzzfeed]
Sofia Vergara’s floral dress is pretty. [Celebslam]
Adriana Lima wore a minidress for the post-gala parties. [Moe Jackson]
The Honest Trailer for La La Land. [OMG Blog]
Gizelle Bryant loves it when you hate her. [Reality Tea]
What is the deal with The Chainsmokers? [The Blemish]
YES !!!!!!!
Imma gonna need a minute to recover…..
Idris for EVERYTHING !
Good lord that man is so sexy (fans lady bites)
Idris looks great…..eh, sorry that’s all I’ve got. I’m getting Last Action Hero/that Sorceror movie Nicholas Cage did vibes. Very worrying. 😕
Looks gooooooood! Gorgeous Idris is the the action hero we deserve – IDK what accent he’s going for in this, though.
I didn’t realize how much I needed that trailer. IDRIS!
And thanks for covering Caroline Kennedy’s MET Gala dress, which was custom-made for her by Rie Kawakubo for the event. They’ve been friends for years and Caroline looked like she was having a great time in that dress.
*thud*
That was not the proverbial tree in the proverbial forest. It was me.
Hahaha – your love of Big Dris is well known on this site. But yeah *thud* to Irdis is a sexy gunslinger alongside the sexy drawl of McConaughey. I will be seeing this movie more than once.
We needed this. We really did.
I chuckled aloud at this, as my response was similar!!
I cannot wait to hear Elba’s opinions on gun violence after glamorizing gun use this much in just one 2 min trailer. I bet he is extremely liberal.
“Make guns illegal, but pay duly and watch me use them in movies b/c they make me look cool.” Just like Affleck, Pitt and Damon… Typical Hollywood hypocrisy.
You do know guns in movies aren’t killing anybody, right?
Oh stop. Toddlers don’t accidentally shoot people because they’ve watched a Bond movie. Cops don’t shoot black men in the back because of John Wayne. There are many reasons for America’s gun epidemic. Idris Elba isn’t one of them.
You are only defending him b/c you think eh is cute. Had I said the same thing about Affleck or whomever at the forefront, you would not be defending this.
THIS IS HOLLYWOOD HYPOCRISY, pure and simple. This character is charismatic and comes ff as manly b/c he excels at using his guns.
Most gun owner spend their entire lives w/o killing someone. Cops will always have guns. And banning guns do not stop violence or terrorism. Look at the state of Europe as of today.
You sound severely misguided. Sugar kills more people than guns. I do not see anyone banning donuts or candy bars.
Um okay Ar_uu,
The big difference between ‘sugar’ and ‘guns’ is that I don’t have to be scared about honking at someone that cuts me off in traffic for fear he’s got some Gummy Bears in his glove box. American gun nuts are ridiculous. I honestly don’t know how you can live knowing any nut case can go to the store and buy a gun that day. It’s insanity. I feel extremely grateful NOT having to live there and endure the idiocy that is gun culture.
Ummm if banning guns doesn’t stop violence how do you explain Australia not having one mass shooting since they outlawed most of them? Previously we were having them quite regularly.
Sugar/guns analogy has got to be the dumbest thing I’ve read all day. I really really hate bad analogies and that was beyond terrible.
Oh, ffs.
Do you have any idea of what the story’s about? At all?
That cop that shot Jordan Edwards needs to be arrested and prosecuted. Dude lied about the circumstances which proves he knows he did wrong.
And the deal with the chainsmokers is that they are, as alternative pop bands go, pretty weak in their field. Not even talking studio stuff but even their live stuff is so meh. I’ve heard them on the radio and thought “eh, they’re ok…maybe it’s live where they blow people away.” Then I saw them on SNL and I still thought “eh…”
Is he married?
Don’t go there Sera, keep the illusion, he has a very bad track record with women.
Thank you Lord for Idris Elba! This is just what I needed this morning! I don’t think I want to recover from this! As much as I have been disappointed by adaptations of Stephen King movies I will be there front & center the day this opens!
Jesus I’m fanning Myself… Never have I thought of Stephen King’s words Least of all Flowery in speech ass Dark Tower Series as “sexy” but here I am ..about to take a break
My husband’s been a huge fan of the series for years, he’s been waiting for this trailer lol looks good, great cast
Glad to see I am not the only one who spottting a lady boner from that trailer.
I never read any of King’s books, but I love “The Shining” movie. Is that a picture of the Overlook hotel on the guy’s desk at the beginning? Are the stories connected, or is that an “easter egg”?
They are connected as in the books one of the bad guys appears in The Stand (Randall Flagg).
Haven’t read these particular books but I do love me some Stephen King novels. He has written other books that are not related to fantasy and horror – the Shawshank Redemption being one of them.
Everything is connected in Stephen King books – this is the series that ties them all together, in fact.
Thank you both for answering.
I’m so torn by the Dark Tower – I love Idris and he looks so supersexy here, but I can’t stand seeing JKL/Lincoln Cars/shirtless toothbrushing dude for even a second on screen. He both repulses and annoys me. I may have to wait for a supercut of the Dark Tower that only shows Idris!
@Mrs.Krabapple
Yes, it’s definitely a picture of the Overlook Hotel from the Shining. There’s also an appearance of Pennywise the Clown from King’s book “It” in the trailer. Pennywise is next to a delapidated amusement park sign bearing his name.
As @Digital Unicorn said, all of King’s books—up until recently, at least—have some sort of link to the Dark Tower whether it be characters, places, or things. (As if not all stories are made up of [people], places, and things. Duh. Lol.) In some books, the DT link is certainly more overt than others. Sometimes it’s merely a name or reference to an event that connects a book and the DT.
Counting the DT, the Man in Black/Flagg appears in four of King’s books including one book solely devoted to a history of Flagg. And, of course, other books allude to the figure that is the Man in Black. I would definitely expect to see way more Easter eggs throughout the film.
Sorry to be so long-winded but I’ve been fangirling all day over here about this trailer. Huge King fan/DT-obsessed fan that has been emotionally invested in this movie since plans were first announced over a decade ago. This could be a sign I need to get a life. Ha ha. Oh, well. 🙃
I love King, but I didn’t love the Dark Tower books. I felt like they got too weird. There were some really great elements, but as a whole I’m not into them. And I’m extremely skeptical that the whole series will be made into movies (that tv series idea was weird, but it sounds like it gone) because those books get weirder and weirder.
I avoided the series for a long time because it reminded me of the fantasy novels my cousin used to read. And it took me forever to get through the unabridged version of The Gunslinger; I even put it down several times. However, I was all in the moment I cracked open The Drawing of the Three.
How to tell the story in a succinct way that would be true to fans of the series yet, also, appeal to newcomers is really the main reason the film was continuously delayed. Based on what I’ve read on the internet, King helped make major edits to the story to pare it down for audiences, and he’ has said it’s more of a sequel to the series than anything. I read another sequel theory that the movie could be a continuation of the overall story. (Forgive me for being so cryptic. I’m trying not to spoil anything for those new to the DT word.)
I am admittedly nervous about the final product to say the least. Though I imagine that’s how Lord of the Rings fans felt leading up to the movies. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Another writer made the case that people who have super hero fatigue may flock to this movie just for something new. King movies are either classics deserving a place in film hisorty or they’re so bad to the point it almost makes them good. Lol.
I know exactly what you mean by “sequel”. Interesting.
Drawing of the Three was one of the better books, but I utterly LOATHED Wizard and Glass!
I had to power through Wizard and Glass as well. It’s all the backstory/flashbacks in it that hearken back to what I struggled with in the first book. I own several of the graphic novels but have yet to read them all because they’re backstories as well from Roland’s youth.
I was the same Dex and Destruction. I could barely get through the first one, but was hooked from The Drawing of the Three also. I’m looking forward to this movie with excited trepidation. I felt the same about the LOTR series too, but ended up loving them, course I’m a hardcore LOTR fan. I also owned every book SK wrote up until 2010, then I donated them to an animal rescue society for their book sale. I actually ended up giving them about 600 books.
Lady D: “Excited trepidation” is putting it mildly. Haha. I will say The Gunslinger was easier to digest the second time I read it. However, I think I was able to appreciate and understand the book more because I went in knowing how Roland’s youth helped shape him as a man and a Gunslinger.
And that’s amazing you donated so many of your books. I’m sure they were put to good use. I own all of his books up until the last few years. He puts outs new books faster than I can seem to read them lately.
WooHoo! 🙂 To all my fellow film friends in South Africa who worked on Dark Tower, especially art department, production design, wardrobe and props – so proud of you for all your work. Can’t WAIT to see this.
Please give me Idris morning, noon, and night. That man is so beyond sexy…he’d making me crazy! (Sorry, it’s my hormones that are talking here. Off to take a cold shower.
I haven’t liked one Stephen King movie ever, and I love the Dark Tower series so really dreading this movie but that scene of Roland/Idris with his dad – I’m all in!
The Shining? Carrie? Stand By Me? Shawshank? Green Mile?
Honesty? None of them? Yes, he has agreed to some bad screenwriting and direction, but not all of them have been stinkers.
Idris is hot AF as always. But as a Stephen King/Dark Tower fan, I don’t recognize anything in that movie except names. 😖
WHOA!!!!!!!!
How in the hell can the director/screenwriters pack that that story/installment into a two hour film?
This is gonna be epic. I’ll be dreaming frequently about Idris now…
Jordan Edwards. Jordan Edwards. Jordan Edwards.
When in the hell will psychological screening become a requirement for all LE applicants.
Simple solution for a burgeoning problem that will *not * go away without intervention.
Eek! Can’t wait to see this. Loved the book