The long-awaited screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower finally made it into cinemas over the summer, and left not long afterwards. The film – intended to launch a franchise of movies as well as a TV show – spluttered at the box office, and plans for a second were quickly nixed. However, the … >
The Dark Tower, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, will be arriving in cinemas imminently, but there’s another project based on Stephen King’s fantasy books that is arguably more intriguing.
He’s one of the busiest men in showbiz, but Idris Elba will be back on BBC One for Luther series 5.
The first trailer has been released for Sky Atlantic’s Guerrilla. Created by Academy Award®-winning writer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), the six-part drama series follows a group of activists in 1970s London. Guerrilla begins on Thursday 13 April on Sky Atlantic. The all-star international cast includes Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay, Rory Kinnear, Nathaniel Martello-White, Daniel Mays, Denise … >
BBC Three has an announced the cast for its upcoming series of five short films from new writers. Set in London, Five by Five will feature new talent working alongside established stars. Written by Cat Jones, Lee Coan, Namsi Khan, Selina Lim and Nathaniel Price, the five standalone films will feature chance encounters people face … >
All four seasons of Luther are now available to own on Blu-ray and DVD as a complete box set from BBC Worldwide, containing all 16 episodes with special features. > Buy the complete box set on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got copies of the complete box set to give away to five of … >
Although this fourth run of Luther is criminally short, no one could accuse writer Neil Cross of stinting on content. Last week’s first episode was a mind-boggling rush of introductions, deaths, departures and returns that saw DCI John Luther’s perennial love interest Alice Morgan murdered off-screen, new arrival Theo Bloom blown up on-screen and the … >
Idris Elba returns to BBC One as murder detective DCI John Luther for a brand new two-part Luther special. Written by the crime drama’s creator Neil Cross and directed by Sam Miller (Fortitude), the two 60-minute episodes will feature Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Darren Boyd (Spy) amongst the guest cast. > Buy the … >
It has been almost two and half years since the last episode of Luther aired, but you’d barely know it when watching this confident return. This episode is the first of a two-part special bringing Idris Elba’s iconic troubled but brilliant cop back to the screen, and while there are at least a couple of subtle callbacks to the … >
The first trailer for the new Star Trek movie has appeared online. Directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 3-6), the thirteen Star Trek movie – and the third in the rebooted franchise – arrives in UK cinemas on 22 July 2016. Star Trek Beyond stars Luther actor Idris Elba as the main villain and, while … >