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Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in February. The Peacock February 2025 schedule includes Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Pharrell Williams’ Piece by Piece, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Valentine’s Day titles, and more.

Dive into the colorful world of Pharrell Williams on February 7 when the streaming premiere of Piece by Piece debuts exclusively on Peacock.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

The premiere of Peacock’s Original Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is coming just in time for Galentine’s Day on February 13. Tune in to catch up with our girl “Bridge” in the fourth installment of the beloved series.

Whether you’re celebrating with your sweetheart or flying solo and loving it, Peacock has you covered with a heartwarming lineup of over 300 titles that will make you fall in love with love all...

Starz has announced the movies and TV shows that will be available on the service in May. The Starz May 2024 schedule includes the finales of the limited series Mary & George and season three of Bmf.

On the film front, Starz is the exclusive streaming home to the latest installment in The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which joins the Starz app this month along with several other notable titles, including Outlaw Johnny Black, Manodrome, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Silent Night, and Nope.

Starz continues to be the home for franchise favorites with Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge, as well as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers all joining the Starz app this month.

Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with an Aquaphobia movie marathon on Starz Encore, beginning Saturday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. with aquatic thrillers such as Jaws,...

Exclusive: Charlotte Hope (Game Of Thrones), Charlie Creed-Miles (Giri/Haji), Plan B/Ben Drew (Harry Brown) and Sadie Frost (Waiting For Anya) are among cast to join UK biopic The Chelsea Cowboy.

As we revealed, Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike), Poppy Delevingne (Riviera) and Filipina actress and singer Lovi Poe (Malaya) are leading cast.

The film will chart the rise and fall of underworld hard-man turned actor John Bindon, who despite a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with members of high society, even royalty, was unable to leave his criminal past behind.

Also joining cast are Charley Palmer Rothwell (Dunkirk) as James Fox, Tamer Hassan (Layer Cake) as Salim, Warren Brown (Luther) as Priddle and Sadie Newman (Holmes & Watson) as Nina.

Hope will play Sandra, Creed Miles is Sir John Hodge, Ben Drew will be Roy Dennis and Frost plays Cissy Bindon.

Leon Butler (100 Streets) has scripted and produces,...

Exclusive: Filipina actress and singer Lovi Poe (Malaya) is joining Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) and Poppy Delevingne (Riviera) in director Ben Cookson’s The Chelsea Cowboy, based on the life of actor, gangster and lothario John Bindon.

In her biggest English-language movie role to date, Poe will play British blues singer Dana Gillespie who employed Bindon as security and also provided him with access to the high life, most notably the island of Mustique where he met Princess Margaret. The charismatic Gillespie was well known for her close personal ties to leading singers and actors. A recent biography notes that her lovers included David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon and Sean Connery.

The Chelsea Cowboy charts the rise and fall of underworld hard-man turned actor Bindon, who despite a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with members of high society, was unable to leave his criminal past behind.

Exclusive: Poppy Delevingne (Riviera) is to co-star opposite Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) in biopic The Chelsea Cowboy, based on the life of actor, gangster and lothario John Bindon.

Suicide Squad and Hobbs & Shaw star Idris Elba has boarded the production as executive producer.

Delevingne will play the role of aristocrat, model, actress and original It girl Lady Victoria Hodge, who provided Bindon with access to the high life the working class boy craved. The glamorous couple endured a thirteen-year tumultuous relationship that defined Bindon’s life and serves as the backbone of the story.

UK outfit Moviehouse is repping world sales on the film at Cannes. Ben Cookson (Waiting for Anya) will direct.

Bindon was spotted in a London pub by Ken Loach who asked him to star in his film Poor Cow in 1967 and went on to play a violent mobster alongside Mick Jagger in Performance (1970) and a London...

Exclusive: Magic Mike and I Am Number Four star Alex Pettyfer is attached to star in The Chelsea Cowboy, based on the colorful life of Brit actor, tough guy and lothario, John Bindon.

The project will chart the rise and fall of underworld hard-man turned actor Bindon, who despite a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with various socialites, was unable to leave his criminal past behind.

Ben Cookson (Waiting For Anya) is directing. World sales are being handled by Moviehouse Entertainment which is introducing the title to buyers at this week’s virtual European Film Market.

Bindon was frequently in trouble as a youth for getting into fights and spent time in borstal. He was spotted in a London pub by Ken Loach who asked him to star in his film Poor Cow in 1967 and went on to play a violent mobster alongside Mick Jagger in Performance (1970) and...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up USA rights to the British drama “A Hundred Streets” (“100 Streets”), an ensemble feature that stars Idris Elba (who is also a producer on the film). Jim O’Hanlon directed it from a script penned by Leon F.… Continue Reading →...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Momentum Pictures has acquired North American rights to the Western thriller “Brimstone.” The film, which first premiered in September at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, is written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It stars Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Kit Harrington, Carice van Houten and Emilia Jones. The film “tells the story of a frontier woman turn fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit and is hunted by a vengeful preacher.”

Momentum Pictures will be releasing the film in theaters and on VOD in March 2017.

– IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Rafael Palacio Illingworth’s “Between Us.” The film, written and directed by Illingworth, stars Olivia Thirlby, Ben Feldman, Adam Goldberg,...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up USA rights to the British drama “A Hundred Streets” (“100 Streets”), an ensemble feature that stars Idris Elba (who is also a producer on the film). Jim O’Hanlon directed it from a script penned by Leon F.… Continue Reading →...

Idris Elba‘s “100 Streets” has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films, the company announced Tuesday. Previously known as “A Hundred Streets,” the drama explores the interconnecting stories of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Gemma Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Franz Drameh) and a photographer (Tom Cullen) in London. “Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton are at the top of their game along with the rest of the cast in this deep and moving film,” said president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, Peter Goldwyn. “We’re pleased to release ‘100 Streets’ in January to the widest audience possible.” Also Read: Idris Elba Will.

Idris Elba is opening up about how success has changed his life, and the toll all his hard work has taken on him. "When you break it down like that, it's unhealthy to have that much going on," the actor tells his The Jungle Book director Jon Favreau for Interview Magazine's August cover. "I don't want to sound ungrateful or anything, but I sleep less, I'm constantly thinking, I'm constantly multitasking, and I really don't know what the effects are going to be when I'm older," he adds. "I don't ever stop. Not because I'm greedy or anything, but I’m always creating,...

Disparate people of different race, background, and social status intersect and bounce off each other in Jim O’Hanlon’s A Hundred Streets, a London-set film that attempts to make grand statements about life but ends up being a middling yet still somewhat enjoyable trek through key moments in their lives.

Former rugby superstar Max (Idris Elba) struggles with sobriety after he screwed his nanny and became estranged from his wife Emily (Gemma Arterton), who’s stuck dealing with their children and her own rebound relationship. A young drug dealer named Kingsley (Legends of Tomorrow’s Franz Drameh) feels trapped in his life in the blocks and yearns for a way out, spending his nights philosophizing with harboring hopes of using his creativity in a better line of work. Goofy cabbie George (Charlie Creed-Miles) just wants to be able to adopt a child to make his wife happy. I don’t know about you,...

Exclusive: Premiering tonight during the Los Angeles Film Festival is A Hundred Streets, a new ensemble drama set among the people living in contemporary London. Starring Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton along with Charlie Creed-Miles, Franz Drameh, Ken Stott, Kierston Wareing and Tom Cullen, the film follows and contrasts the interwoven stories of people from all walks of life who populate the British capital. In the exclusive clip above, we see the risky situation for…...

Set to make its world premiere at the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival in June is an ensemble drama feature titled "A Hundred Streets," which stars Idris Elba (who is also a producer on the film). The British indie was once titled "One Square Mile," when we first alerted you of its production in 2013, but will be released as "A Hundred Streets." Jim O’Hanlon directed the film from a script penned by Leon F. Butler. Elba is joined by Gemma Arterton, Charlie Creed-Miles, Franz Drameh, Kierston Wareing, Tom Cullen and Ken Stott in the upcoming multi-stranded drama which tells 4 stories of a group of people who live within one...

Always a comfy stop on the summer fesitval circuit, the La Film Festival, announced today the first batch of titles for their 2016 edition, which takes place at the Culver City Arclight Cinemas, June 1 - 9. The Buzz section of programming features favorites from the 2016 fest circuit, including Mike Birbligia's Don't Think Twice (pictured) and The Music Of Strangers, from Morgan Neville, Oscar-winning director of 20 Feet From Stardom. Meanwhile, Limelight features world premieres of films with notable talent such as Idris Elba (A Hundred Streets), Topher Grace (Opening Night) and Teresa Palmer (Lights Out). Check out the full lineups for both sections below. Buzz: Don't Think Twice - USA (dir./writ. Mike Birbiglia; prod. Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Miranda Bailey, Amanda Marshall; feat....

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Always a comfy stop on the summer festival circuit, the LA Film Festival, announced today the first batch of titles for their 2016 edition, which takes place at the Culver City Arclight Cinemas, June 1 - 9. The Buzz section of programming features favorites from the 2016 fest circuit, including Mike Birbligia's Don't Think Twice (pictured) and The Music Of Strangers, from Morgan Neville, Oscar-winning director of 20 Feet From Stardom. Meanwhile, Limelight features world premieres of films with notable talent such as Idris Elba (A Hundred Streets), Topher Grace (Opening Night) and Teresa Palmer (Lights Out). Check out the full lineups for both sections below. Buzz: Don't Think Twice - USA (dir./writ. Mike Birbiglia; prod. Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Miranda Bailey, Amanda Marshall; feat....

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The 2016 La Film Festival has announced its Buzz and Limelight sections, which will include the world premieres of Jim O’Hanlon’s “A Hundred Streets” starring Idris Elba and New Line’s summer horror movie “Lights Out.” Produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the 2016 La Film Festival runs June 1-9 at the ArcLight Cinemas. The full film lineup will be announced on April 26. “In the Buzz section L.A. audiences will be treated to a group of highly curated films fresh off of their world premieres at recent film festivals,...

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Cheer on local talent with these potentially great UK films from 2016, including drama, comedy, action, horror, fantasy & more…

While Batman Vs Superman, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men Apocalypse and other mega franchises are expected to dominate cinemas in 2016, let’s hear it for the films below. None are sequels, few have titanic budgets, all of them are British and each of them has the potential to be great.

2016 looks to be a particularly strong year for UK crime drama, with Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, Adam Smith’s Trespass Against Us and Michael Apted’s Unlocked on their way. Military thrillers are also well represented this year, with Gavin Hood’s Eye In The Sky, Fernando Coimbra’s Sand Castle, and Simon West’s Stratton incoming. There’s also comedy, fantasy, drama, horror and even a musical waiting for you below.

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Les Miserables star attached to period musical Strike!

Samantha Barks, best known for her role in Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables, is attached to star in a feature version of Canadian stage musical Strike!, a Romeo and Juliet style love story set against the 1919 general strike in Winnipeg.

The stage musical’s co-writers, Danny Schur and Rick Chafe, have co-written the script and will produce, with Joseph Novak (Snake River) set to direct.

Currently in development, composer Schur is aiming for a summer 2016 shoot on the production, which also has Alan Doyle (Robin Hood) and Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page attached.

Barks is due to play Rebecca Almazoff, the lead female role in the period drama, which follows the illicit love affair between a Catholic man and Jewish woman during the strike.

The British actress, a former Screen International Star of Tomorrow, recently played in war-romance Bitter Harvest and drama A Hundred Streets but Strike! could be her...

Having nurtured a string of short projects into development and before the cameras, actress-cum-director Catherine Shepherd is ready to graduate into the league of feature films, with her directorial debut coming in the form of Like a Virgin. Blending elements of drama, comedy and religion, the picture has barely made it off the drawing board, though according to Deadline, it’s already secured Gemma Arterton to star.

Centring on a promiscuous singleton called Mary (Arterton), Shepherd’s first foray behind the lens will follow our protagonist as she indulges in alcohol-fuelled trips into town. Getting drunk and hooking up with strangers, Mary embraces her hollow life with both hands, burning the candles at both ends. That all comes to a grinding halt though, when the angel Gabriel descends from heaven and informs that, much to her surprise, Arterton’s lead will carry and give birth to the next messiah.

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After working on several short projects, actress Catherine Shepherd is headed into the feature director’s chair for the first time on a new film called Like A Virgin, and she’s recruited Gemma Arterton to star. Arterton will play Mary, a young woman who enjoys frequent nights out on the town, getting blind drunk and hooking up. But while still sozzled one raucous night, she gets a surprise visitor – no, not the local constabulary, but the Angel Gabriel who, in true Biblical style, informs her that she’s been chosen to birth the next Messiah. Which, somewhat understandably, comes as a bit of a shock. The big question is whether a girl who hasn’t seemed ready to grow up herself is prepared to carry and raise the next saviour of the world? Shepherd, who has also written the script, developed the film with the BFI.Arterton, last seen in The Voices,...

The powerful new Netflix film Beasts of No Nation, starring Idris Elba, recently had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and will screen at the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, and London Film Festival. Before this upcoming drama debuts in limited theaters and on Netflix October 16, the streaming service has released the first trailer. Given the buzz surrounding this film, don't be surprised if you start hearing about its Oscar prospects by the end of the year.

Written and directed by Emmy Award winner Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Sin Nombre) and starring Golden Globe winner Idris Elba (Luther, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Beasts of No Nation will debut Friday, October 16, 2015, the same day in Landmark theatres in the U.S. and worldwide on Netflix in all territories where the world's leading Internet TV network is available. If the film is received well, it could be the...

A new family is set to join 'Hollyoaks'. The Channel 4 soap will see the arrival of the Lovedays later this month when actors Jacqueline Boatswain, Karl Collins and Duayne Boachie make their on-screen debuts as a close-knit family looking for a fresh start. Jacqueline is to play self-appointed head of the family Simone - who will take over as manager of the Price Slice supermarket - while Karl will play her husband Louis, the new deputy head of Hollyoaks High. Meanwhile, newcomer Duayne - who made his feature film debut alongside Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton in 'A Hundred Streets' - will...

A new family is set to join 'Hollyoaks'. The Channel 4 soap will see the arrival of the Lovedays later this month when actors Jacqueline Boatswain, Karl Collins and Duayne Boachie make their on-screen debuts as a close-knit family looking for a fresh start. Jacqueline is to play self-appointed head of the family Simone - who will take over as manager of the Price Slice supermarket - while Karl will play her husband Louis, the new deputy head of Hollyoaks High. Meanwhile, newcomer Duayne - who made his feature film debut alongside Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton in 'A Hundred Streets' - will...

Idris Elba is developing a trilogy of films based on the fictionalised exploits of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Luther star is adapting Marc Olden's 1978 historic thriller Poe Must Die through his Green Door Production Co, reports Publishers Weekly.

Set in New York in the 1840s, the story centres around the legendary American writer's battle against the forces of evil and his own human foibles.

He teams up with a former fighter, seeking revenge on a sorcerer on the trail of eternal life who murdered his wife.

It is unknown if Elba will star in Poe Must Die.

Elba is producing A Hundred Streets, and will be seen in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron and Disney's live-action Jungle Book.

Elba will also reprise his role as Detective John Luther in a two-part special for the BBC, to air later this year.

UK cinema in 2015 has plenty to recommend it. Here are 36 UK films of all genres to look forward to this year…

Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.

We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).

In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...

Idris Elba took to Twitter on Saturday to address rumors that he might be the next James Bond and, in the process, indirectly responded to radio show host Rush Limbaugh's comments about the potential casting choice. Speculation about Idris playing the iconic British spy - after the franchise's current star Daniel Craig bows out - has amped up, thanks to the controversial Sony hacking scandal. In a leaked email, studio chief Amy Pascal reportedly wrote, "Idris should be the next bond." Rush shared his thoughts on the development during a segment on his show, saying, "Now Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton rather than a white from Scotland. But that's not who James Bond is, and I know it's racist to probably even point this out . . . We had 50 years of white Bonds because Bond is white. Bond was never black.

Idris Elba, best known for his TV roles on The Wire and Luther, recently gifted his Instagram followers with a video of himself working out without a shirt on.

Idris Elba's Shirtless Workout

Elba, 42, took to the social media site Wednesday to post the short clip, writing, “Training for my next Film. Bastille Day. Grinding.”

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In Bastille Day, Elba is playing a former CIA agent opposite Charlotte Le Bon, who is playing a young artist who teams up with him on an anti-terrorist mission in France. Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden is also starring in the feature that will be directed by James Watkins from a script by Andrew Baldwin.

Elba, who won a Golden Globe earlier this year for playing Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, currently has a number of projects in various stages of production. Beast of No Nation...

UK drama shooting in London stars Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.

Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) is among the cast to join Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton on UK drama A Hundred Streets, which is currently shooting in south west London.

Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed Miles (Wild Bill), Steven Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) and Emma Rigby (Plastic) also join.

Leon Butler’s script about interconnecting London stories is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon and produced by Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.

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UK drama shooting in London stars Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.

Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) is among the cast to join Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton on UK drama A Hundred Streets, which is currently shooting in south west London.

Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed Miles (Wild Bill), Steven Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) and Emma Rigby (Plastic) also join.

Leon Butler’s script about interconnecting London stories is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon and produced by Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.

uMedia handles sales.

A handful of new cast members have been added to director Jim O’Hanlon’s A Hundred Streets, which follows London residents from all backgrounds whose paths cross in a turn of dramatic events. Joining the previously announced Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton are Samantha Barks (Les Miserables), Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed-Miles (The Fifth Element), Steve Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), and Emma Rigby (Plastic). Barks will play Lotte, ex-girlfriend to rich playboy Jahmal (Adaam Bakri), who re-enters his life alongside her best friend (Rigby); soon, Jahmal makes a life-changing choice that sends him on the run with ex-special forces security guard,...

With Gemma Arterton and Idris Elba locked in to star, director Jim O’Hanlon has been busy building the rest of the ensemble for his slice-of-London-life drama A Hundred Streets. Les Miserables’ Samantha Barks is now aboard alongside Charlie Creed-Miles, Ken Stott, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Cullen and Emma Rigby.Set in the teeming metropolis, A Hundred Streets aims to be something in the vein of Crash or Amores Perros, weaving between characters at different financial levels of the city. Barks is on to play Lotte, the former flame of rich playboy Jamal (Adam Bakri), who meets him again alongside her best pal (Rigby) and sends him down a criminal path that finds him chased by security guard Gordon (Mackintosh).Creed-Miles is cab driver George, a man with dreams of fatherhood who must deal with a life-shattering disaster. Cullen will be a friend of Emily (Arterton), who may be the person...

Hello, Nick Jonas! While arriving to the 2014 Young Hollywood Awards in L.A. a few weeks ago, the super-hot 21-year-old singer made his way to the red carpet while showing off an impressive bulge within his pants! Perhaps he needed to adjust himself after a long car ride? While Jonas looked extremely handsome in his tightly fitted red suit and sunglasses, we had trouble taking our eyes of the former boy-bander's crotch region. (Who can blame us?) Jonas is just the latest Hollywood hunk to join the growing list of impressive bulge-flaunters. Just last week, Idris Elba was snapped on the set of his new movie A Hundred Streets with quite a sight in his pants! The 41-year-old actor later clarified...

Idris Elba has set the record straight regarding his package after photos of his bulge went viral, saying that it was actually a mic wire.

Idris Elba's Bulge Goes Viral

Elba was photographed on the set of his newest film, A Hundred Streets, looking sharp in a navy blue suit, and fans were quick to notice what appeared to be his bulge.

Lord Jesus I almost fell out...

He's having a Jon Hamm moment. Idris Elba caused a serious frenzy this week when pictures of him on the set of his upcoming film A Hundred Streets in London went viral. Unfortunately, it had nothing to do with his acting chops. The British actor received attention for his, err, distracting bulge. Elba wore a tight-fitted tailored blue suit during the revealing moment with a white button-up; Gawker and many other sites wondered whether Elba was as super-humanly endowed as the confusing pics suggested. Without missing a beat, [...]...

Pictures of Idris Elba filming his upcoming movie, A Hundred Streets, in London on Tuesday started a heated debate this week. People weren't so interested in the actor's handsome looks or fit frame draped by a svelte suit, but rather the situation in his pants. As the pictures show, something very long was clearly beneath the right side of his trousers. Just what was it exactly: a random object or a burgeoning bulge? According to 52% of readers who took the hilarious Popsugar Love & Sex poll, it definitely seemed like the real deal. As speculation continued on Saturday, the actor set the record straight on Twitter: "The good news is i got a shit load of followers. The bad news is, that is a mic wire. #egowentintospaceshipmodethough," he wrote. The good news is i got a shit load of followers. The bad news is, that is a mic wire. #egowentintospaceshipmodethough — Idris Elba...

Idris Elba rose to fame playing drug dealer/business developer Stringer Bell on the classic HBO show "The Wire," ... but his talent is still growing. Elba -- who also drew serious Oscar buzz last year playing Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" -- was spotted earlier this week on the London set of his new movie, "A Hundred Streets."The king stay the king. Read more...

• Will Ferrell may play schlock film producer Russ Meyers in the indie film Russ and Roger Go Beyond. Written by Christopher Cluess (The Simpsons), the movie will explore the relationship between Meyers and film critic Roger Ebert as they collaborated on the 1970 satire film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. [Variety]

• Joseph Fiennes and Harry Potter’s Tom Felton will co-star in the first-century epic thriller Clavius. Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld) will direct the film told through the eyes of Fiennes’ character, an agnostic Roman Centurion forced to locate the missing body of Jesus of Nazareth. Production begins this month in Spain,...

Idris Elba continues to build upon his behind-the-camera resume, as a producer (and director as well). The multi-hyphenate will not only produce, but also star in a new UK indie feature that was once titled "One Square Mile," when we first profiled it on S&A a year ago, and is now called "A Hundred Streets," which is currently shooting, under the direction of Jim O’Hanlon, from a script penned by Leon F. Butler. Elba is joined by Gemma Arterton in the upcoming drama, in which the pair play a former rugby player (Elba) and his estranged wife (Arterton) in what is a multi-story project about 4 people with four extraordinary stories,...

uMedia to handle sales on film also starring Franz Drameh and Adam Bakri.

Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton lead cast in drama A Hundred Streets (formerly known as One Square Mile), which is now shooting in London.

uMedia handles international sales on the drama which is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon (House of Saddam, Emma) who makes his feature debut.

Leon Butler’s script charts interconnecting London stories, including those of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Attack the Block star Franz Drameh) and a rich playboy (Omar star Adam Bakri).

Producers are Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.

The film is a Silverstream and One Square Mile presentation in association with uMedia Entertainment.

The Silverstream, West Fiction Films and CrossDay production is also made in association with What’s the Story and Green Door Pictures.

uMedia to handle sales on film also starring Franz Drameh and Adam Bakri.

Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton lead cast in drama A Hundred Streets (formerly known as One Square Mile), which is now shooting in London.

uMedia handles international sales on the drama which is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon (House of Saddam, Emma) who makes his feature debut.

Leon Butler’s script charts interconnecting London stories, including those of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Attack the Block star Franz Drameh) and a rich playboy (Omar star Adam Bakri).

Producers are Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.

The film is a Silverstream and One Square Mile presentation in association with uMedia Entertainment. The Silverstream, West Fiction Films and CrossDay production is also made in association with What’s the Story and Green Door Pictures.

Idris Elba boarded UK indie feature One Square Mile as a producer in June 2013, but at the time it was unclear if he would star as well. A little more than a year later, the movie has undergone a title change to A Hundred Streets, found a new director, firmed its cast, and is beginning production. Elba is starring alongside Gemma Arterton in the drama about four people with extraordinary stories that are all lived out within a square mile in contemporary London. Michael Caton-Jones was due to helm the film, but has left for another project. Stepping in […]...