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John Luther is gearing up for his Netflix debut as Idris Elba teases his character’s return for the upcoming Netflix movie from director Jaime Payne. On Wednesday, The Harder They Fall actor shared behind-the-scenes images for the streamer’s Luther film, included pics of a Luther clapper and his uniform as the titular…

When thinking of Western genre icons, John Wayne and Clint Eastwood often come to mind. It wasn’t until Mario Van Peebles’ 1993 film Posse was released (making it an outlier among westerns because of it’s nearly all-Black cast) that Black western genre fans in the 1990s were able to image that they could exist in the…

Jonathan Majors is out for blood in the trailer released today for The Harder They Fall, the Netflix Western from director Jeymes Samuel (They Die by Dawn), which will debut in select theaters in October, before hitting the streamer on November 3. In the film, Majors’s outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) learns that his…

Two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Genius: Aretha) and Emmy nominee Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, War for the Planet of the Apes) will join Golden Globe nominee Idris Elba in a Netflix film continuing the story of Luther, Deadline has confirmed. Emmy nominee Jamie Payne (The Alienist) will…

EXCLUSIVE: What better to liven up a quite Toronto Film Market than a package for a movie set in the rap arena, that has stars and a slam dunk a top-selling soundtrack? Justice Smith, Idris Elba and Taylour Paige will star in We All Die Young, a drama that Hamilton star Daveed Diggs has scripted for Jake Schreier to…

This just in, but The Suicide Squad star Idris Elba is joining Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 voicing the famed character of Knuckles. Knuckles is a red Echidna and he’s the guardian of the Master Emerald in the videogames. He is also known to be hot-headed and a fighter. Elba joins previously announced James…

The 65th BFI London Film Festival (6 October – 17 October) will open with the world premiere of Netflix western The Harder They Fall, whose all-star cast includes Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr. and Deon Cole with Regina King…

The best thing Warner Bros did with its new The Suicide Squad was to bring in writer-director James Gunn, who has made this sequel to the flawed 2016 hit that starred Will Smith and Margot Robbie a hell of a lot more fun. Gunn clearly loves the DC comic book and has brought together a rollicking group of supervillains…

EXCLUSIVE: Poppy Delevingne (Riviera) is to co-star opposite Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) in biopic The Chelsea Cowboy, based on the life of actor, gangster and lothario John Bindon. Suicide Squad and Hobbs & Shaw star Idris Elba has boarded the production as executive producer. Delevingne will play the role of…

Netflix has released the first teaser for The Harder They Fall, a star-studded Western set to debut in select theaters and on the streamer this fall. The film follows outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), as he learns that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba)—who killed his parents two decades ago—is being released from…

The second trailer for director James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad may or may not have been leaked this morning and, according to a tweet from Gunn, it may or may not have been leaked by a cast member. It seems like Margot, Jai, @TheSlyStallone @JohnCena @idriselba @flula @MelchiorDaniela @NathanFillion @MelchiorDaniela…

The Suicide Squad director James Gunn has unveiled a new image from his DC sequel, which is scheduled to hit theaters and HBO Max on August 6. “Squad Undercover in Corto Maltese: Ratcatcher 2, The Thinker, Bloodsport, & Polka Dot Man in #TheSuicideSquad,” read the caption for the pic, which he shared on Instagram. In…