Matthew McConaughey offered villain's role in 'The Dark Tower'

Actor Matthew McConaughey has been offered a villain's role in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower".

According to a source, Sony wants McConaughey to play Walter Padick, the Man in Black, in Sony and MRC's adaptation of King's "The Dark Tower" franchise, reports variety.com.

McConaughey has just received the script and has not yet decided whether he will star. Sony and MRC declined to comment.

Padick is a demonic sorcerer who Roland "the gunslinger" pursues in the first book. The character first appears in "The Stand" and goes by the name of Randall Flagg, a character that McConaughey was also offered to play.

"The Gunslinger" will be the first in a series of films.

Nikolaj Arcel is directing the movie, which is currently set to bow on January 13, 2017.

McConaughey recently finished filming the Stephen Gaghan drama "Gold" and also has "Sea of Trees" set to bow later this year.