

Howard most recently helmed the upcoming Dan Brown adaptation Inferno, which reunites him once more with Tom Hanks in the follow-up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.

The director’s had trouble connecting at the box office with his past few films, despite the fact that 2013’s Formula 1 film Rush is an underrated gem, but Howard is no stranger to genre hopping-in the past five years alone he’s made the romantic comedy The Dilemma, the historical drama In the Heart of the Sea, and the biopic Rush. It also marks a fascinating project for Howard, who for years flirted with the sci-fi genre with The Dark Tower, which is finally now filming with Howard having stepped back to a producer-only role.

That’s one hell of a premise, and from the author of Reamde and Anathem promises to be a bit of a mind-bender.
