Tag: Idris Elba
Storm Reid Joins Idris Elba in James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’
Reid will play the daughter of Elba’s character.
Storm Reid, the actress who starred in A Wrinkle in Time and now appears on HBO’s Euphoria, is joining the heavy-hitting cast of Warner Bros.’ The Suicide Squad.
James Gunn is directing the follow-up to the 2016 feature based on the DC Comics anti-heroes. Gunn’s installment sees Idris Elba, John Cena and David Dastmalchian star alongside returnees Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney and Viola Davis.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is known that Reid will play the daughter of Elba’s character.
The project is gearing up for a September start, with an Atlanta shooting location being eyed. Charles Roven is among those producing the action-adventure pic.
Reid broke through when she nabbed the lead in Disney’s high-flying adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay and with Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon also in the cast. The actress also had a role in DuVernay’s acclaimed Netflix docudrama When They See Us, centering on the Central Park 5, and currently appears alongside Zendaya on HBO’s envelope-pushing teen drama Euphoria.
Reid, who is repped by CAA, Management 360 and Felker Toczek, will shoot a role in Universal and Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man before segueing to Suicide Squad.
Article via HollywoodReporter
Netflix Turn Up Charlie
idris elba stars as a dj by night nanny by day in this Netflix comedy Trun it up Charlie. Watch Idris Elba AKA Charlie Turn Up Coming March 15th!!
Life imitating art. Idris can really TRUN UP the turntable. His been doin’ his thang since he was 19. Brah got serious skills. CHECK IT OUT BELOW
Yes, Idris Elba is playing Coachella
The sexiest man alive wants to make you dance.
Idris Elba will be playing Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival in California in his gig as DJ Big Driis.The “Luther” star had been DJing for years, even though it seems lots of people are just now discovering that.
Elba frequently shares his DJing activities over on his social media.
Article via CNN
Idris Elba Joins ‘Cats’ Musical Film Adaptation
Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Ian McKellen are also set to star in the adaptation of the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
Idris Elba is in final negotiations to join the movie adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
Elba will join Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Ian McKellen in the film to be directed by Tom Hooper.
Cats tells the story of a tribe of felines called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as “the Jellicle choice” and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. Elba would play Macavity, a master criminal.
The musical — which is the fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history and was the longest-running Broadway show ever from 1997 until 2006 — features some of the best-known songs from the stage, including “Memory.”
Production on Cats is set to take place later this year in the U.K., with more of the cast to be announced. Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) has adapted Webber’s musical, which itself was based on the T.S. Eliot novel Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
Universal and Working Title are behind the musical, which is dated for a Dec. 20, 2019, release.
Elba, who is repped by WME, The Artists Partnership and Ziffren Brittenham, is currently filming Universal’s Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw.
Article via HollywoodReporter
New Bond author apologizes for Idris Elba comments
So this eloquent speaking sexy DARK skinned man named Idris Elba looks too street for the part of James Bond 007 himself? Thank GOD this Author won’t be part of the casting calls!!
I'm really sorry my comments about Idris Elba have caused offence [full statement attached] pic.twitter.com/UD6ouA45Uv
— Anthony Horowitz (@AnthonyHorowitz) September 1, 2015
Here’s what one person thinks…
https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/638691612747505664
SOME White folks are still stuck on WHITE as the DEFAULT when it comes to Television and Movies!
Source: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/01/bond-author-idris-elba-too-street
UPDATE: 9/2/15 Idris Elba made a suave and sexy comeback!!