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Idris Elba teams with Extraction director for Stay Frosty

May 12, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Idris Elba is set to follow up The Suicide Squad by reteaming with Warner Bros. for a new action film, the studio having snapped up the rights to the spec script Stay Frosty, which has Extraction helmer Sam Hargrave on board to direct. Deadline describes the project as “a John Wick-type character in a throwback to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Idris Elba, Sam Hargrave, Stay Frosty

Six Great Performances That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)

February 9, 2020 by Graeme Robertson

Graeme Robertson with six great performances that should have been Oscar nominated but weren’t… It’s often seen as an actors dream to receive the much-coveted golden statue we know as the Oscar, with many great performances seeing their performers taking home the trophy and many more at least receiving the equally great honour of an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Graeme Robertson, Movies Tagged With: Academy Awards, Beasts of No Nation, Destroyer, Idris Elba, Joaquin Phoenix, Lupita Nyong'o, Nicole Kidman, One Hour Photo, Phantom Thread, Robin Williams, Us, Vicky Krieps, You Were Never Really Here

Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin star in trailer for Netflix’s Concrete Cowboy

March 17, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Concrete Cowboy. Directed by Ricky Staub, the film is based on Greg Neri’s novel Ghetto Cowboy and stars Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin as a troubled teen who discovers the world of urban horseback riding while spending the summer with his estranged father (Idris Elba); […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Byron Bowers, Caleb McLaughlin, Clifford "Method Man" Smith, Concrete Cowboy, Idris Elba, Jharrel Jerome, lorraine toussaint, netflix

Idris Elba says the Luther movie will shoot this year

February 22, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Over the years the creators of BBC’s award-winning drama Luther have dropped more clues than even the worst criminals as to when we might get to see DCI John Luther don his big coat and lurch onto the cinema screen in a movie-adaptation. Well, there’s no longer a case to crack, because while speaking to […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: BBC, Idris Elba, luther

Idris and Sabrina Elba team with Crunchyroll for anime series Dantai

February 3, 2021 by EJ Moreno

Idris Elba and his wife, Sabrina, are entering the world of anime. The pair will team with Crunchyroll, the leading home for anime, for a new animated fantasy series with the working title Dantai. Dantai is described as a “dark fantasy” mixed with a little “Afro-futuristic science fiction.” From the show’s official logline, the series […]

Filed Under: Anime, EJ Moreno, News, Television Tagged With: Crunchyroll, dantai, Idris Elba, sabrina elba

Movie Review – Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

May 1, 2018 by Ricky Church

Avengers: Infinity War, 2018. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Don Cheadle, Peter Dinklage, Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Sebastian […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Anthony Mackie, Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Benicio Del Toro, Bradley Cooper, Carrie Coon, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Danai Gurira, Dave Bautista, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Florence Kasumba, Gwyneth Paltrow, Idris Elba, Jacob Batalon, Joe Russo, Josh Brolin, Karen Gillan, Letitia Wright, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Bettany, Peter Dinklage, Pom Klementieff, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlet Johansson, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Gunn, Sebastian Stan, Stan Lee, Terry Notary, The Russo Brothers, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Vin Diesel, Winston Duke, Zoe Saldana

Idris Elba to star in survival thriller Beast from Baltasar Kormakur

October 5, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Luther star Idris Elba is set to headline the survival thriller Beast, which is being directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest, Adrift) for Universal Pictures. Scripted by Ryan Engle (Rampage) from an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, Beast is said to be “in the vein of The Shallows”, but with a lion as the antagonist rather […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Beast, Idris Elba

Idris Elba and John Cena team for Amazon action film Heads of State

October 3, 2020 by EJ Moreno

The pair will meet up in next year’s The Suicide Squad, but that won’t be the only time Idris Elba and John Cena will team-up as Deadline reports that Amazon Studios has won Heads of State, an upcoming action film that will see Elba and Cena co-starring with one another. In the report, Deadline notes […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Amazon, heads of state, Idris Elba, John Cena

Movie Review – The Dark Tower (2017)

September 3, 2017 by Robert Kojder

The Dark Tower, 2017. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel Starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick, Abbey Lee, Dennis Haysbert, Nicholas Hamilton, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, José Zúñiga, and Jackie Earle Haley. SYNOPSIS: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Abbey Lee, Claudia Kim, Dennis Haysbert, Fran Kranz, Idris Elba, Jackie Earle Haley, José Zúñiga, Katheryn Winnick, Matthew McConaughey, Nicholas Hamilton, Nikolaj Arcel, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, Tom Taylor

Movie Review – The Take (2016)

November 18, 2016 by Tony Black

The Take (a.k.a. Bastille Day), 2016. Directed by James Watkins Starring Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Kelly Reilly, Charlotte le Bon SYNOPSIS: Michael Mason, an American conman in Paris, is embroiled in a terrorist plot which leads him into the path of hard-edged CIA officer Sean Briar… On the evidence of movies such as The Take, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tony Black Tagged With: Bastille Day, Charlotte Le Bon, Idris Elba, Jason Watkins, Kelly Reilly, Richard Madden, The Take

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