Idris Elba Set To Go Toe-To-Toe With A Lion In A New Thriller

That’s right, if you’ve ever imagined Idris Elba going toe-to-toe with one of Earth’s most ferocious felines, you’re in luck. Deadline reports that Elba will star in Beast, a survival thriller that’s being directed by Adrift’s Baltasar Kormákur and written by Rampage’s Ryan Engle. Kormákur will also produce alongside Will Packer and James Lopez, and Jaime Primak-Sullivan, who came up with the idea for Beast, will executive produce. Packer, Lopez, Primak-Sullivan and Engle previously worked together on the 2018 thriller Breaking In.