The first photos of Idris Elba on the South African set of The Dark Tower have leaked. Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) is directing the much-anticipated Stephen King adaptation, which stars Elba as the gunslinger and Matthew McConaughey as the man in black.

First Look Idris Elba rodando La Torre Oscura #TheDarkTower https://t.co/WyXtKXJJnV pic.twitter.com/CHzyxbRGlK

— cinelander (@cinelander) May 16, 2016

Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.

The Dark Tower is a movie that has long been in development Hell, and it’s amazing to see it finally go before cameras, as it has been kicked from one studio to the next. Over the years, there has been very little progress in seeing the movie actually get made. Even when Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey were announced as the two primary cast members, fans thought it was just another blip in seeing this blockbuster undertaking, which is believed to also have a TV component, come together.