Idris Elba: Last News

Marta Balaga Female creators are ready to tackle sexual violence and abuse in their shows. But they don’t always want to show it. This was one of the key takeaways from Monday’s Berlinale Series Market panel Owning the Narrative – Deconstructing Stereotypes in TV Series, moderated by Variety.

The Travis Knight-directed take on Masters of the Universe showed off a behind the scenes reel at CinemaCon this evening, and let’s just say, it’s no where near as campy and cheesy as the 1980s movie with Dolph Lundgren. After Red One, this is clearly a big tentpole for Amazno MGM Studios with a big summer date of June 5, 2026.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer CinemaCon got the earliest — and we mean earliest — of looks at the long-awaited film adaptation of “Masters of the Universe.” Despite some slim-pickings footage from set, the convention of global movie theater owners were dazzled by what Amazon MGM has set in motion with stars Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes under director Travis Knight. “It’s the rebirth of this incredible world,” said producer Jason Blumenthal from set. Director Knight discussed his long-held love of the toys and beloved ’80s animated series (he had a He-Man haircut as a kid, he revealed).

Idris Elba is being considered as a potential Labour candidate for Mayor Of London, a new report had revealed.In an article by The Sun (reported via The Standard), sources close to the political party reportedly said they were interested in him as a candidate following his documentaries and activism surrounding knife crime in the capital. Elba made the documentary Our Knife Crime Crisis, which aired in February, and has been vocal on ways to combat the problem.The current Mayor of London is Sir Sadiq Khan, the Labour candidate who was elected to the position in 2016. He is expected to step down before the next mayoral election, which is estimated to be in 2028.

EXCLUSIVE: The Dispatcher, Apple TV+’s series adaptation of Ryan David Jahn’s eponymous thriller novel, is adding to its ranks.

No Time to Die.” However, speculation has been deafening in the weeks since the franchise’s longtime producers, the Broccoli family, ceded creative control to SPECTRE, sorry, Amazon — perhaps out of fear that their decision-making will not be so prime.Jeff Bezos even tweeted, “Who’d you pick as the next James Bond?”Overeager Jeff sounds like he’s asking us to leave a review on Amazon. Fans have been shouting that Idris Elba should be Bond for what feels like 30 years. He’s 52 now, so that dream has been 00-86’d.And today, there’s a wrongheaded online push for former “Superman” Henry Cavill to take on the role of the MI6 agent with a license to kill.

James Bond will reportedly remain male and British under the franchise’s new management by Amazon MGM Studios.Last month, it was announced that the long-serving producers of 007, Barbara Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, had stepped away from the creative process and handed over control to Amazon, ending over 60 years of the Broccoli family’s control of the Bond estate.Now, a report by the Daily Mail states that an internal memo has circulated within the studio that stipulates “the spy will not change gender or nationality”, although it did state that the new Bond could come from elsewhere in the Commonwealth.Amazon have not publicly commented on the report.Bond fans have not reacted kindly to the news of the franchise’s sale, with some predicting that Amazon will “ruin” the series by over-saturating the market with “mediocre spin-offs”.A previous report suggested that Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos decided to pursue the buyout and have the company take creative control of the films after reading that Broccoli referred to Amazon executives as “fucking idiots” during her dealings with the company.The Hollywood Reporter noted that an insider said Bezos “read her quote in the Journal and got on the phone and said, ‘I don’t care what it takes, get rid of her’.”Amazon acquired its share of the rights to the James Bond franchise in 2021 when they purchased studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures’ Children of Blood and Bone, based on the NY Times bestselling novel of the same name by Tomi Adeyemi, rounds out its cast with Saniyya Sidney (Fences), Zackary Momoh (Harriet), Richard Mofe-Damijo (Namaste Wahala), Ayra Starr, Pamilerin Ayodeji (Mikolo), Shamz Garuba (Crime and Justice Lagos), Kola Bodunde (Shadow) and Temi Fagbenle. Ayodeji and Garuba were cast through an open casting call in Nigeria.

The cast of the Masters of the Universe movie is continuing to grow!

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Majdoub, one of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise’s recurring cast members, has signed with Buchwald for representation in all areas.

Andrés Buenahora “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” the third iteration in the film franchise based on Sega’s enduring speedster, will be available to stream on Paramount+ on Feb. 18. The third “Sonic” feature picks up with the blue blur, along with Tails the Fox and Knuckles the Echidna, having to team up with their nemesis Dr.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the third installment in Paramount’s franchise based on SEGA’s video games, is set to begin streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on February 18. The film’s availability in additional international Paramount+ markets will be announced at a later date.

Nicholas Galitzine was spotted on set of the upcoming live-action Masters of the Universe adaptation.

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Rowland (Mea Culpa) and Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Power Book II: Ghost) are set to lead the new Amazon MGM Studios rom-com Relationship Goals, based on Michael Todd’s New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex. Robin Thede (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and Annie Gonzalez (Flamin’ Hot) will also star.

Idris Elba, Deepak Chopra, Katherine Ryan, Wyclef Jean, Tems, Jenn Nkiru, Jean-Michel Jarre and Joe Wicks are among the speakers set for the first edition of South by Southwest London this summer. 

According to IMDb, the documentary, “explores the reality of knife crime in the UK, meeting offenders, families, youth workers, and police to understand this crime and find solutions, including discussions with Keir Starmer and King Charles.”The 52-year-old actor spoke with the BBC shortly before the release of his documentary about how to solve knife crime. “The truth is that kitchen knives are perhaps 25% of the knives used in most of the terrible crimes. That’s one of the stats in the film.

Idris Elba has spoken out about a way to try and tackle the UK’s knife crime crisis.The star has made a documentary for the BBC – Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis – for which he met victims’ families, police officers and teenage offenders, and investigated ways to break the knife crime cycle.Speaking to the BBC, Elba said that early intervention was key for reducing knife crime, and even suggested that changing the shape of domestic knives could be helpful.He said: “Not all kitchen knives need to have a point on them, that sounds like a crazy thing to say,” he adds, “but you can still cut your food without the point on your knife, which is an innovative way to look at it.”According to the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), a charity that tries to prevent violence involving children by using government funding, over 500 children were treated in hospitals in England for knife injuries in the 12 months leading up to April 2024.The UK implemented a ban on the sale of ‘zombie’ knives in September 2024 in an effort to reduce those numbers. It’s a move that Elba has said was “a massive step in the right direction”, but isn’t enough to end the crisis.“There are indicators of hope,” Elba said.

Luther star Idris Elba has candidly shared his feelings of being 'overwhelmed and angry' while posting a heartfelt video in 2019 urging people to put down their knives.The actor has been actively involved in the fight against knife crime for years, even inviting a film crew last year to document his journey to understand the root of the problem for his BBC documentary, Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis.The star is on a mission to find real solutions to the issue, expressing optimism by saying there 'is hope'. "No issue is permanent, there's got to be a way out of it," he can be heard stating at the start of the documentary.

The beloved YA novel Children of Blood and Bone is being turned into a movie at Paramount Pictures and a star-studded ensemble cast was just announced.

A bunch of celebs stepped out for the Louis Vuitton menswear fashion show during Paris Fashion Week!

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has a release date!