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I know there are many in and outside of Doctor Who fandom that cry out for more diversity in casting and I will admit if Idris Elba or Helen Mirren took on the role of the Doctor I would certainly be inclined to give the show a twentieth look because I find both of them[...]

Between playing Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and voicing a jaguar in The Jungle Book, Idris Elba is making a stop in Ghana, where he is filming True Detective director Cary Fukunaga's next film, Beasts of No Nation, and the first photo has been released. He plays a character just called Commandant,[...]

You have Idris Elba and you're only going to use his voice? That's exactly what Disney is doing, according to Deadline, who report the British actor is in final negotaitions to "perform" and voice the role of the tiger, Shere Khan, in Jon Favreau's live action adaptation of The Jungle Book. The film will be a[...]

Sam Troughton? Ben Daniels? Daniel Kaluuya? Idris Elba? Peter Capaldi? Christopher Fucking Biggins? Well, we know definitely it's not Helen Mirren. Bleeding Cool's Brendon Connelly tweets; I've just been told that Daniel Rigby is 100% in Edinburgh right now At this very second Take that as you will. — Brendon Connelly (@brendonconnelly) August 4, 2013 Oh dear But at[...]

And Idris Elba made his first forays into in public awareness with a stint on  Family Affairs, the Channel 5 soap opera that not even Idris's Mum watched He has, in fairness, done a couple of other things since Luther, The Wire, Thor Stuff like that. Instead of frittering money away on big-name actors director Guillermo Del Toro has put[...]

Idris Elba? Playing Blake in a new Blake's 7 remake? Revealed in a new Blake's 7 Magazine, out on Monday? Sounds too good to be true. It is. Introducing the official Blake's 7 Magazine, in shops tomorrow (or Tuesday, if Easter is playing havoc with deliveries!) — Blake's 7 Magazine (@B7_Magazine) March 31, 2013 Exclusive interview with Idris Elba[...]

There's little known about the film beyond the basic plot at the moment, but I believe that the Kaiju were originally very small creatures who were blown up to terrifying sizes by Rita Repulsa in her effort to conquer Earth. Idris Elba plays the gloriously named Stacker Pentecost, who presumably will be behind the wheel of[...]

Did I mention they're both on fire? The film is directed by Crank team Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, and leading man Nicolas Cage is being backed up by Ciarán Hinds and Idris Elba The story picks up where the last film left off, except now Johnny Blaze is hiding out in Eastern Europe trying to[...]

That said, you should never underestimate the appeal of Nicolas Cage riding around on a motorbike with his head on fire, and so a sequel is on its way. Thanks to Empire, we can now reveal the first official stills for the film, which also stars Idris Elba, Christopher Lambert and Ciarán Hinds as the Devil[...]

I mentioned comics' black Captain America and the campaign to cast a black actor in the new Spider-Man movies, both of which were met with strong opposition, but a fresher example has since presented itself. In the forthcoming Thor movie, the character of the Norse god Heimdall is played by English actor Idris Elba This is[...]

Now, your favorite digital comics are available in the comiXology Android App. Extremist Group Urges Boycott Of Thor Over Casting Of Idris Elba A white supremacist group has joined in a boycott of Thor because the Marvel Studios film cast a black actor as the Norse god Heimdall, the sentry of Asgard. Rumor – Twitter Account Claims to[...]