Synopsis – Adaptation of the 1993 novel ‘Yardie’. Directed – Idris Elba Starring – Stephen Graham, Aml Ameen, Fraser James Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Yardie’ Trailer: Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut Is a Gangster Film Set in the 70s and 80s!! Check It Out!!
Idris Elba is going all in on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. THR reports that the tremendously talented actor has signed on to star in, direct, and produce music for a modern retelling of the Victor Hugo classic for Netflix. The film is described as a “sonic and musical experience,” with Elba finally melding his passion for music with his passion for film making. Indeed, Elba … Continue reading ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’: Idris Elba to Direct, Star, and Produce Music for Netflix!!!
Hollywood has a long tradition of turning actors into directors and vice versa. Go as far back as the golden-age director Raoul Walsh, the brilliant artist behind White Heat, High Sierra, Gentleman Jim, and The Roaring Twenties, who started directing shorts around the same time he started acting, cresting in his uncredited role as John Wilkes Booth in D.W. Griffith‘s repugnant yet amazing The Birth … Continue reading Idris Elba Set to Make Directorial Debut With ‘Yardie’!!
