Based on the recent interview that Nikolaj Arcel and Stephen King did with EW, it would seem that the upcoming adaptation of The Dark Tower will be very different than the books. Although my immediate knee-jerk reaction is to throw something at the wall and shout, I will maintain my composure and wait. I will not become a troll.

The beloved series of books will not be a straight adaptation, the film will be missing two key characters and the first adaptation will serve more as a sequel than a general retelling of the original work by King. When Arcel and King spoke with EW, they revealed that Eddie and Susannah will not be in the film. This actually makes sense because they don’t join the series until the second book any way.

The Dark Tower (2017) Idris Elba June 18, 2016 – Cape Town, South Africa Photograph by Marco Grob

There are a couple other significant changes that some would consider SPOILERS, but I will let you read the article to find out exactly what those will be.

“The hardcore fans of The Dark Tower series will know that this is actually a sequel to the books in a way,” Arcel said, noting that while the film will have “a lot of the same elements” and “a lot of the same characters,” it will tell “a different journey.”

The Dark Tower opens in theaters on February 17, 2017 and began filming back in April.

In other Dark Tower news EW will be featuring the movie in a special SDCC magazine

Courtesy of EW, a brand new San Diego Comic Con themed issue will focus on the production of The Dark Tower based on an exclusive visit to the new movie’s set. In addition to an exclusive magazine cover featuring Elba and McConaughey readers of EW can expect to receive the following information about The Dark Tower movie from the forthcoming issue in full:

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

• Exclusive photos, showing the vast plains of Mid-World, the shadowy Dixie Pig hideaway of the demons who infest our world, and the visions of a boy named Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) who is either the key to saving the mythic Tower or the instrument of its destruction.
• Revelations from director Nikolaj Arcel (the Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair, and one of King’s lifelong Constant Readers) about where the story picks up, which elements from the novels are being explored – and which are being left out.
• Elba on the redemption story of Roland, who has “forgotten the face of his father” (or lost his way) in his relentless pursuit of the Man in Black. The actor also comments for the first time about race-swapping the Gunslinger, who until now has always been depicted as white.
• McConaughey on the loneliness of evil, the reasons his villain “reveres” the hero chasing him, and why The Man in Black has taken a real shine to present-day New York City.
• Finally, as an extra treat, King himself weighs in on the film, explains what he asked to change in the script, and provides new insight into how the Tower saga connects to some of his other books, like The Shining, The Stand, and one long-ago short story.