Director: Tom Hooper Writer(s): T.S. Eliot (poet), Lee Hall (screenplay), Tom Hooper (screenplay), Andrew Lloyd Webber Starring: Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Taylor Swift, Ray Winstone, Jennifer Hudson, Laurent Bourgeois, Laurie...
By K. Austin Collin | Photography by Collier Schorr | Styled by Ludivine Poiblanc | Vanity Fair From prestige TV to tentpole franchises to the Coachella DJ tent, the British actor is a poster boy for 21st-century fame: multidisciplinary, omnipresent, engaging. So what...
Director: James Gunn Writer(s): James Gunn, Zak Penn (treatment), Adam Cozad (script), John Ostrander (comic book), Anthony Tambakis (screenplay) Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, Amanda Rabinowitz, John Cena, Storm Reid...
Idris Elba takes a lie detector test. Is he the sexiest man alive? Did he grow up in Hackney? How does he get into his American accent? Is he a strict dad? Does he have a foot fetish? Find out all that and more in this video....
Director: David Leitch Writer(s): Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Eiza González, Jason Statham, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, Eddie Marsan, Cliff Curtis, Teresa Mahoney, Stephanie Vogt, Joe Anoa’i, David...
Director: Idris Elba, Tom Hollendar Writer(s): Andrew Davies, Victor Hugo (novel) Starring: Idris Elba Synopsis: A deformed hunchback falls in love with a gypsy and seeks refuge inside the bell tower of Paris’ famous Notre Dame cathedral to hide from the...
Director: Mollie Mills Lensed by: Ana Sting Starring: Idris Elba Synopsis: To celebrate the launch of StellaMcCartneyCares.org, Idris Elba features in our new Breast Cancer Awareness campaign film “All is Love”. A cast of women reveal their mastectomy scars in...
by Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood To make his directorial debut on an adaptation of Yardie, the 1992 Victor Headley novel about the collision of Jamaican culture in London, Idris Elba put into it many of the pieces of his life and career. The career spans his...
Director: Idris Elba Writer(s): Victor Headley (novel), Brock Norman Brock, Martin Stellman Starring: Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Aml Ameen, Rayon McLean, Mark Rhino Smith, Sheldon Shepherd, Christopher Daly, Reshawna Douglas, Alexandra Vaz, Chris-Ann Fletcher,...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act When asked about the future of his hit BBC series Luther 2 years ago, at what was supposed to be its end, star of the popular crime drama Idris Elba said the following during a press conference: “I’m far from done....
Trey Mangum | Shadow and Act Sundance Institute announced the feature films that will be screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, held in Park City, Salt Lake City at at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 18–28. For the 2018 Festival, 110 feature-length films...
Director: Taika Waititi Writer(s): Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Taika Waititi, Rachel House, Clancy...
Director: Hany Abu-Assad Writer(s): J. Mills Goodloe, Chris Weitz Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Dermot Mulroney, Beau Bridges, Lucia Walters, Waleed Zuaiter, Lee Majdoub, Marci T. House, Natasha Burnett, Adam Lolacher, Andres Joseph, Tintswalo Khumbuza, Lucia...
…and what he’s calling an incredible time in cinema by Trey Mangum| Shadow and Act After a series of delays, the film adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, hits theaters this weekend. Elba stars as...
Director: Nikolaj Arcel Writer(s): Stephen King, Akiva Goldsman, Nikolaj Arcel Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert, Ben Gavin, Claudia Kim, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Pauling, Michael...
Director: Jim O’Hanlon Writer(s): Leon Butler Starring: Gemma Arterton, Idris Elba, Tom Cullen, Kierston Wareing, Charlie Creed-Miles, Ken Stott, Ryan Gage, Franz Drameh, Ashley Thomas, Jordan A. Nash, Mark Aiken, Mark Frost, Emily Wyatt, Lorraine Stanley, Cali...
Shadow and Act | Tambay Obenson Taraji P. Henson’s memoir, “Around the Way Girl,” hits bookstores (on- and offline) today, October 11, 2016. I have a copy of the book, which includes a chapter titled “On Being a Black Woman in Hollywood,” and which I read first, for...
Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson In light of very recent news that a 3rd “Bad Boys” movie – which has long been rumored to be in the works – is now definitely moving forward at Sony Pictures under the official title “Bad Boys for Life,” I thought I’d open up a...
Director: Justin Lin Writer(s): Simon Pegg, Doug Jung Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, Lydia Wilson, Deep Roy, Melissa Roxburgh, Anita Brown, Doug Jung, Danny...
The British Urban Film Festival Awards brings together over 350 major players from film, TV, theatre, business and entertainment to celebrate the best in urban independent film Sunday 18 September, Hilton Tower Bridge, Tooley Street, London. 4.00pm – 1.00am See full...
July 13, 2016 | shadowandact Today, the BFI (British Film Institute) announced a new initiative titled “Black Star,” an exhaustive program described as the UK’s largest ever season of film and television that will be dedicated to celebrating the range, versatility and...
Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane Writer(s): Andrew Stanton, Andrew Stanton Starring: Idris Elba, Ellen DeGeneres, Diane Keaton, Dominic West Synopsis: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok” has beefed up its cast with an impressive group of actors including Cate Blanchett (playing the mysterious and powerful new villain Hela), Jeff Goldblum (as the eccentric Grandmaster), Karl Urban as...
by Patrick Hipes | Deadline Hollywood Idris Elba will star alongside Jessica Chastain in Molly’s Game, written and to be directed by Aaron Sorkin in his helming debut. This is the adaptation of Molly Bloom’s memoir that Sorkin signed on to write when Steve Jobs...
Director: James Watkins, Jill Gagé Writer(s): Andrew Baldwin Starring: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Kelly Reilly, Charlotte Le Bon, Eriq Ebouaney, Donald Chimombe, Shola Ebofin Synopsis: A young artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France....
Director: Jon Favreau Writer(s): Justin Marks, Rudyard Kipling Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Giancarlo Esposito, Lupita Nyong’o Synopsis: An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and...
Director: Destiny Ekaragha Writer(s): Kim Fuller Starring: Idris Elba, Lenny Henry, Rio Ferdinand, Ian Wright, David Haye, Denise Lewis, Louis Smith, Cecilia Noble, Ruth Wilson, Usain Bolt Synopsis: Luther gets more than he bargained for when he brings the murdered...
Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore Writer(s): Jared Bush, Phil Johnston Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Alan Tudyk, Katie Lowes, Idris Elba, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, Octavia Spencer, Yasiin Bey Synopsis: In the animal city of Zootopia, a...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act It’s official: The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. #DarkTowerMovie @McConaughey @IdrisElba — Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 1, 2016 A much-welcomed unexpected turn of events, as author...
Dave McNary | Variety “Spotlight” took home top honors at the 2016 Spirit Awards, winning best feature, best director, best screenplay, best editing and best ensemble. Earlier in the afternoon, Brie Larson took home the prize for best lead female for her performance...
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Writer(s): Cary Joji Fukunaga (screenplay), Uzodinma Iweala (based on the novel by) Starring: Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote, Vera Nyarkoah Antwi, Ama K. Abebrese, Kobina Amissah-Sam, Francis Weddey, Fred...
Revisiting Thomas Ikimi’s Underseen ‘Legacy’ Starring Idris Elba By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act As I said I would a month ago, when it was announced that writer/director Thomas Ikimi had reunited with Idris Elba for a Fox hour-long drama series...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act In the spring, we learned that Idris Elba had joined the cast of the next “Star Trek” movie (the 3rd one), playing a villain, although, since then, details on who this villain is have been kept tightly underwraps, so...
Elizabeth Wagmeister | Variety Fox is developing drama series “The Crusaders” with Idris Elba attached to exec produce, Variety has learned. Thomas Ikimi will pen the project, in addition to also serving as an exec producer with the “Luther” star. The script order...
Ramin Setoodeh | Variety Idris Elba nearly plunged to his death filming Cary Fukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation.” The indie drama, about an African tyrant known as “the commandant” who recruits an innocent boy into his army of youth soldiers, took Elba into the depths of...
By Scout Tafoya | ScreenRant The internet has changed the way we watch TV. Netflix has given us the gift of television without the burden of advertisements. Hundreds of programs are available day and night to keep us binging until the end of time. It’s also given us a...
Record breaker! Idris Elba becomes the first ever solo male cover star for Maxim magazine By Ross McDonagh| Dailymail.com Most men would be ecstatic to break a world record in a lifetime. Idris Elba just broke his second in less than three months. The 42-year-old has...
by Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood Netflix has firmed plans to release its first batch of theatrical-quality films. The streaming service’s feature film initiative begins with the October 16 release of Beasts Of No Nation, the drama about a child soldier torn...
Ali Jaafar | Deadline Hollywood The Weinstein Company is in talks with Laurence Fishburne and Idris Elba to direct and star, respectively, in their long-gestating adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s bestselling novel The Alchemist. No deals have closed yet, but this is a...
Director: Joss Whedon Writer: Joss Whedon (written by), Stan Lee (comic book), Jack Kirby (comic book) Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Aaron...
Rob Keyes | ScreenRant.com In just a matter of weeks, the cast and crew of the quasi-rebooted Star Trek movie universe reassemble to boldly go on an entirely new adventure as production begins on Star Trek 3. At least, that’s the plan according to (ex)writer and...
Director: Pierre Morel Writer(s): Don MacPherson, Jean-Patrick Manchette (novel), Pete Travis (screenplay) Starring: Sean Penn, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Idris Elba, Peter Franzén, Billy Billingham, Daniel Adegboyega, Ade Oyefeso,...
By Kate Thomas for MailOnline The hit BBC detective series is back for a two-part special later this year. And fans won’t have to wait too long since Idris Elba was spotted on set in London alongside his co-star Laura Haddock on Thursday, shooting scenes for...
After watching QUANTUM OF SOLACE, I came to the realization that no matter who’s writing or directing a James Bond movie, the natural tendency is to revert back to the more traditional Bonds. The over the top villains, the womanizing, the exaggerated stunts;...
Director: Sam Miller Writer(s): Aimee Lagos Starring: Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons, Mirage Moonschein, Kenny Alfonso, Dan Caudill, Tatom Pender, Kelly O’Neal, Mark Rhino Smith, Bobbie Elzey, Leon Lamar, Frank Brennan,...
Director: Guillermo del Toro Writer(s): Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro Starring: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Milton Barnes, J.C. Kenny, Neil Whitely Synopsis: As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former...
Director: Ridley Scott Writer(s): Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof Starring: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Sean Harris, Wambui Wa-Ngatho Synopsis: Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team find a...
Director: Steve Shill Writer(s): David Loughery Starring: Idris Elba, Beyoncé, Ali Larter, Jerry O’Connell, Bonnie Perlman, Christine Lahti, Nathan Myers, Nicolas Myers, Matthew Humphreys, Scout Taylor-Compton, Richard Ruccolo, Bryan Ross, Nelson Mashita, Bruce...
Director: Guy Ritchie Writer(s): Guy Ritchie Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Karel Roden, Toby Kebbell, Jeremy Piven, Ludacris, Jimi Mistry, Matt King, Geoff Bell, Dragan Micanovic, Michael Ryan, Nonso...
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Writer(s): Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau, Jeremy Renner, Idris Elba, Chris Ryman, Didier Dell Benjamin, Tommy Gunn Synopsis: 28 Weeks Later picks up six...
Director: Tyler Perry Writer(s): Tyler Perry Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith, Tracee Ellis Ross, Malinda Williams, Terri J. Vaughn, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Cassi Davis, Sierra Aylina McClain, China Anne McClain, Lauryn Alisa...
