10 Trailers That Should Make You Nervous About 2017's Biggest Movies

10. The Dark Tower - Official Trailer

It was frightening enough to learn that the upcoming Dark Tower film adaptation, based on Stephen King's seminal book series, would eschew the storylines of the source material in favour of an ominous sounding “reimagining".

Now that the first proper trailer has landed, though, it’s clear that story changes are the least of this movie’s problems. Going by the reactions to the first three minutes of footage, The Dark Tower looks like it's shaping up to be one hell of a divisive film.

The problems are two fold. First, there are the minor irks: Idris Elba, an otherwise godly actor, seems weirdly miscast in the title role with an accent that sounds “off” (funny, since we all know Elba can do a convincing American accent). Fans are also likely to wince at the unnecessary changes in characterisation hinted at in the trailer (as if Jake would ever need to convince Roland to go to the Dark Tower - the man is obsessed!).

The big problem, however, is that the film appears to have been made with a bland, blockbuster aesthetic, totally at odds with the source material’s dusty, beaten world. There’s a Hollywood “sheen” to the way everything looks - the costumes in particular - which betrays the grit of King’s novel. This wasn't supposed to be The Book of Eli.