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Idris Elba this week shared a new teaser trailer and the release date for Netflix's feature adaptation of his popular detective drama Luther. Watch the teaser below. The pic is titled Luther: The Fallen Sun and the teaser clip revealed the film will hit select cinemas on February 24 before landing on…

Ken Block, a motorsport legend who created the viral Gymkhana YouTube video series, has died aged 55 following a snowmobile accident. Block’s clothing company Hoonigan Industries confirmed the news on Instagram following reports, stating: “Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most…

Netflix on Wednesday revealed that the title for its long-in-the-works Luther stand-alone movie that returns Idris Elba as the complicated detective behind the BBC crime drama that ran for five seasons on the BBC. Luther: The Fallen Sun, will arrive on the streamer in March 2023, the streamer said…

What do Idris Elba, Lupin superstar Omar Sy and emerging French-Vietnamese writer Quoc Dang Tran have in common? Other than their obvious creative skills, they are among a growing number of stars born outside the U.S. who have signed talent deals in the last year. Deadline estimates as many as 20…

Idris Elba is to narrate and exec a high-end Netflix docu-series about the origins and evolutions of some of the most unique sports in the world. Human Playground will launch later this month from Banijay labels Scenery in the Netherlands and Workerbee in the UK. Our Planet director Tomas Kaan is aboard the show…

Prince Charles has guest-edited the 40th anniversary edition of British Black newspaper The Voice. The prince said he was "so touched" to be asked, remarking that the newspaper – the only one in the UK to focus on Black issues and culture – had become "an institution." In his edition, which goes on sale next week…

Idris Elba is sharing the tense environment he lived through after his daughter Isan didn’t land a role in his latest movie Beast for lack of chemistry on camera. “Interestingly enough, my daughter auditioned for this role,” Elba said during an appearance on The Breakfast Club. “She wants to be an actress and she…

Throughout film history we have seen numerous movies pitting man against beast — from Moby Dick, King Kong  and Godzilla to Jurassic Park, Anaconda, Cujo and on and on. The latter film, based on Stephen King’s book, was partly an inspiration for Beast, this new entry into the genre in which the title player is a CGI…

Netflix and Dark Horse Entertainment have inked a multi-year, first-look film and TV deal extending their creative partnership, at the same time announcing the launch of development on two new projects—a film titled Bang! and a series called Mind MGMT. In the former spy thriller, based on the comic series by Matt…

J.J. Abrams Behind BBC Christmas Adaptation; Idris Elba, Tom Hollander Aboard J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions is adapting international bestseller The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse for the BBC this Christmas, with Idris Elba, Tom Hollander, Gabriel Byrne and newcomer Jude Coward Nicoll boarding. The…

Luther and Marvel Universe actor Idris Elba is in talks with Miroma over supporting the marketing network’s potential £1B ($1.2B) bid to British broadcaster Channel 4, according to The Sunday Times. The paper claims the actor is discussing a joint bid alongside Marc Boyan, who founded the international marketing firm M…

Days after the premiere of his latest film, Three Thousand Years of Longing, director George Miller is ready to open up about his what led his drive to tell his adult fairytale. At Deadline’s Cannes Studio, Miller said the surfeit of “so-called ‘content'” from streaming platforms and distributors desperate to engage…