Two time Golden Globe award winner, Idris Elba, will be joining the movie adaption of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats! Is there anything this guy can’t do? It’s been rumored for a long time that he could become the new face of 007, but this is still unconfirmed. What we do know, however, is that he is up for the role of Macavity in the musical inspired by T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Though Cats! is currently on pre-production, Elba’s castmates will include Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and MetteTowely just to name a few. Image via GIPHY …
Excuse me… What? Yup, you read that right. Idris Elba will star in, direct, produce, and provide original music for the Netflix exclusive film. Wow, that is a lot. This is not his first rodeo behind the camera. He made his debut at Sundance with Yardie last year. Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame has been tackled many times, with the most famous adaptation being Disney’s 1996 animated musical that traumatized me. Via GIPHY I am interested to see what Elba will bring to the table that will make this version stand out. He sure is …
Stephen King has enjoyed more than his share of Hollywood adaptations, but nobody has ever touched the series he calls his “magnum opus” – until now. A film adaptation of King’s series The Dark Tower is in the works, and it will star Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780452284692 King’s Dark Tower series features a unique blend of genres, most notably Western and fantasy. In the story, a lone gunslinger named Roland Deschain journeys towards a Dark Tower while pursuing a mysterious antagonist known only as “the Man in Black.” In the film adaptation, Elba will play Deschain and McConaughey will play the …
HBO Max has ordered a series titled A World of Calm based on the Calm app. The ten-episode series will be narrated by a line up of stars, including Idris Elba, Nicole Kidman, Keanu Reeves and more!
We’ve all read poems by T.S. Eliot, but did you know some of his poetry was adapted into film? Here are some Eliot adaptations you may not have known existed!
