Goldsman made his feature film directing debut with "Winter's Tale", a film adaption of the Mark Helprin novel, The principal cast consisted of Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, Will Smith and William Hurt. The film was released on February 14, 2014. He also directed the horror thriller film "Stephanie" (2017), with Frank Grillo in the leading role, and co-wrote and produced the film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series, which was released on August 4, 2017, and was one of Goldsman's post Apotheosis films.