Idris Elba stars in the intense trailer for the upcoming thriller “Beast” in which he must fight for his family after crossing a massive rogue lion’s territory.
The actor plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, with his daughters to a game reserve managed by Sharlto Copley’s character Martin Battles, an old family friend and wildlife biologist. READ MORE: Idris Elba On Making People Faint From His Attractiveness On ‘The Office’ And Selling Weed To Dave Chappelle The trip, which begins as a journey of healing, quickly turns into a heart-racing fight for survival when a lion, who views all humans as the enemy after surviving blood-thirsty poachers, begins stalking them.
Iyana Halley (“The Hate U Give”, “This is Us”) stars as Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter and Leah Sava Jeffries (“Empire”) plays his 13-year-old, Norah. “Beast” hits theatres this summer on August 19. READ MORE: Idris Elba Grants Tilda Swinton 3 Wishes In Eventful Trailer For ‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’
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