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New images from Luther: The Fallen Sun starring Idris Elba

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Netflix has shared three new images from the Luther feature film, offering another look at Idris Elba’s disgraced detective John Luther, along the official title reveal for the crime thriller: Luther: The Fallen Sun; take a look here… In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film […]

Blu-ray Review – Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

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Three Thousand Years of Longing, 2022. Directed by George Miller. Starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: George Miller may have at least one more Mad Max movie in the works, but that hasn’t stopped him from dipping his toe into other waters too, as he’s done many times in his career. In this case, […]

Idris Elba wanted for Dark Tower TV series Wizard and Glass

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Back in September, Sony and Media Rights Capital announced that it intended on launching a companion TV series to the upcoming feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, using the saga’s fourth book Wizard and Glass as its inspiration. While the series is seemingly dependent on the success of the movie, producer Akiva […]

Movie Review – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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Thor: Ragnarok, 2017 Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel House, Taika Waititi SYNOPSIS: Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race […]

The Dark Tower TV series announced, will adapt Wizard and Glass

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Coinciding with Stephen King’s 69th birthday today, Sony and Media Rights Capital – the production company behind the upcoming movie – have announced that the companion TV series to The Dark Tower is officially a go. EW is reporting that Sony and MRC have committed to financing a run of between 10 and 13 episodes […]

Star Trek: Beyond Awful Marketing

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Tony Black on the marketing campaign for Star Trek Beyond… So did you notice this week that a third, albeit fairly brief trailer for Star Trek Beyond went online? Probably not. If you’re in the UK, you’ve been too busy watching Game of Thrones or England disgrace themselves in Europe in more ways than one, […]

Stephen King expects The Dark Tower to happen with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey

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Last year, Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s planned adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower dragged itself out of development hell, with Sony and Media Rights Capital picking up the ambitious project and setting Nikolaj Arcel (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) to direct. In the past few months we’ve heard that Matthew […]

Justin Lin talks Idris Elba’s villain in Star Trek Beyond

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On Monday, Paramount Pictures unleashed the trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third movie in the studio’s rebooted Trek universe. Featured in the trailer was our first glimpse of Idris Elba’s villain Krall, and speaking to Slash Film and Collider, director Justin Lin has offered up some details on the alien bad guy and his motivations. […]

Idris Elba frontrunner for lead in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower adaptation

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Idris Elba’s name is being tossed around as the potential lead in the big screen adaptation for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, he is now being called the frontrunner to play Roland Deschain, a role said to be narrowed down to Elba and Javier Bardem. The Dark Tower will mark the first […]