Deadline is reporting that Idris Elba (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) and Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things) are set to star alongside Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), Lorraine Toussaint (The Village) and Byron Bowers (The Chi) in the feature film Concrete Cowboys.
Inspired by the Fletcher Street Stables, a real life black urban horsemanship community in Philadelphia, the film will follow “15-year-old Cole (McLaughlin) who is taken to live with his estranged father Harp (Elba) in North Philadelphia, where he discovers the city’s vibrant urban cowboy subculture, which flourishes despite the surrounding poverty, violence, and encroachment of gentrification.”
Concrete Cowboys marks the feature directorial debut of Ricky Staub, and is being produced by Elba’s Green Door Pictures along with Tucker Tooley Entertainment and Lee Daniels Entertainment. Filming is underway now.
