Idris Elba, Queen Latifah, more stars join 300 black artists, execs asking Hollywood to 'divest from police'

Peter White Television EditorLuther star Idris Elba is to produce series and films for Apple TV+ after striking a first-look deal with the streaming service.The actor and producer will produce global series and features for the service via his Green Door Pictures production company.Elba, who broke through as Stringer Bell in The Wire, has been ramping up his production activities in recent years.

Isha Sesay and Idris Elba have launched The Survivors Solidarity Fund to raise money for survivors of sexual assault in Sierra Leone. The fund was created after the horrific June 17 rape and murder of 5 year oldKadijah Saccoh in the West African country.

Idris Elba has again teased the idea of turning his cult BBC detective drama “Luther” into a feature, more than a year after Season 5 aired on British television.The actor told a press junket for Season 3 of his Sky comedy “In The Long Run” that there are no “formal plans” for another “Luther” series, according to Sky News.But Elba added: “I’ve made it very clear that I’d like to see ‘Luther’ come back as a film.

British star Idris Elba is once again teased the prospect of a feature film version of popular BBC TV series Luther, according to Sky News. “There isn’t a real formal plan for Luther at the moment,” Elba said.

Idris Elba may return to the world of “Luther”.

Is the London Metropolitan Police Service's most troubled detective John Luther heading to the big screen? Luther star Idris Elba certainly hopes so as he teased a possible return for the character from the hit BBC show, but this time in a feature film. Speaking at a Zoom event for his current show In The Long Run, Sky News reported that Elba was asked about the future of Luther.

Idris Elba has said a Luther film could still be in the works – saying he is “this close” to making it.The actor explained that there wasn’t “a real formal plan” for the future of the TV series “at the moment”, preparations for a film, first teased in 2018, are still on the horizon.“I’ve made it very clear that I’d like to see Luther come back as a film,” Elba said to Sky News.

Naman Ramachandran British star Idris Elba has once again teased the prospect of a feature film version of popular BBC TV series “Luther,” according to Sky News.“There isn’t a real formal plan for ‘Luther’ at the moment,” Elba said. “I’ve made it very clear that I’d like to see ‘Luther’ come back as a film.

Idris Elba is teasing a Luther comeback!

Idris Elba is getting back in the music scene!

Idris Elba and New York producers The Knocks have shared their euphoric new single ‘One Fine Day’, which features guest vocals from South London rapper Tiggs Da Author.The optimistic, house-inflected track is available to listen to below, with Elba donating 100 per cent of his royalties to the Black Cultural Archives, an organisation based in Brixton, London.“With everything that’s going on in the world right now, this song feels very relevant.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorSunac Culture has pre-bought Chinese distribution rights to George Miller’s anticipated fantasy-romance Three Thousand Years Of Longing.Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton are due to star in the feature, which was meant to start production in March but was pushed back by the pandemic.

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Idris Elba’s success has not “negated” his experience of racism, having been raised with the idea he had to be “twice as good as the white man” to triumph in life.On Thursday (June 25, 2020) the 47-year-old Luther star took part in Intelligence Squared’s a live Q&A, The Reckoning: Kwame Kwei-Armah and Idris Elba on the Arts and Black Lives Matter, during which he touched on his experience of racism.“Success has not negated racism for me,” said The Wire alumni, reported Daily Mail Online.

Daniel Craig's farewell from the James Bond franchise has been postponing for a while now. Despite the hiccups faced by the production, No Time To Die finally managed to complete its release.

Idris Elba has written an essay on the importance of independent film and its impact on diversity, saying he “wouldn’t be here without it”.The actor reflected on his life and career in the film industry in the piece, recalling going to the cinema as a child and wanting to be on screen, as well as the need to protect independent cinemas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.“Film isn’t elitist,” he wrote in the Times.