Strike is set to play Roland Deschain, otherwise known as The Gunslinger, while Pääkkönen is believed to be playing The Man in Black, who also goes by Marten Broadcloak and Randall Flagg.
Amazon‘s Dark Tower TV series has cast two of its lead roles.
The series is set to tell the story of how Roland became a gunslinger and first crossed paths with the Man in Black, a villainous and powerful sorcerer.
According to Variety, Jasper Pääkkönen and Sam Strike have both been cast in the pilot for the show, which takes its basis from the Stephen King book series.