Workerbee, the UK indie behind Idris Elba’s Fight School, is reshaping to focus on features and formats. The Banijay UK-owned company has hired a pair of execs as part of the move and had promoted Michelle Chappell to Managing Director, with company founder Rick Murray becoming CEO to drive local and international busness. Mitchell joins from … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that the Nobody director is helming the duo in the Peter Safran produced movie at Amazon. Ilya Naishuller will be steer the Idris Elba and John Cena film Heads of State. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is being described as Air Force One meets Midnight Run. Josh Applebaum & … Read more
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 … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Technology PMN Business Author of the article: Article content LOS ANGELES, Aug 21 (Variety.com) – “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” topped the box office in its debut, beating expectations by collecting an impressive $21 million in North American ticket sales. The anime film, playing on 3,007 screens, is backed by the … Read more
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 auditioned and … Read more
Saturday AM: Refresh for more analysis and chart Thanks to two wide releases, it’s not the lowest grossing weekend of summer with all titles earning an estimated $77M, +14% from last weekend. However, we’re still way off from pre-pandemic times with the current weekend -36% from the same period in 2019. That’s when Universal’s R-rated comedy Good Boys … Read more
Idris Elba’s latest movie, “Beast,” almost starred his daughter, Isan — but when she didn’t get the role in a rare case of nepotism not working out well for an aspiring actor, she wasn’t happy with her famous father. “She auditioned and it came down to chemistry in the end,” Elba said in an Aug. … Read more
Two wide studio releases will hopefully prevent this summer from reaching another low at the box office after last weekend’s $67.3M. If there’s one movie that’s going to pull ahead, sources are betting on Crunchyroll’s Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. That distributor has proven in a short amount of time that they can draw a … Read more
No nepotism here! Idris Elba revealed that his daughter Isan Elba auditioned for a role in his upcoming film Beast — and she didn’t land the gig. “Interestingly enough my daughter auditioned for this role. She wants to be an actress and she auditioned,” Idris, 49, said on the Thursday, August 11 episode of “The … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Even screen icon Idris Elba has awkward sexual encounters! The Beast star, 49, opened up about a shower-sex-gone wrong incident with his gorgeous wife Sabrina Dhowre, 34. The actor told Men’s Journal in a recent interview that a bat invaded their intimate moment, which occurred while he was in South … Read more