The underrated Idris Elba currently features in another wasted and fleeting appearance as Heimdall in the disappointing THOR: THE DARK WORLD. After a string of supporting roles in the likes of PACIFIC RIM, PROMETHEUS and the dire GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, isn’t it about time he lands a decent, meaty lead role. Well, with the upcoming awards favourite MANDALA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, things maybe about to change for the acclaimed star of hit series’ The Wire and Luther.
Elba has signed on to star in race-against-time terrorist thriller BASTILLE DAY for Vendome and Anonymous Content. Previously a project to be directed by TAKEN and DISTRICT 13’s Pierre Morel, the film, written by Andrew Baldwin, is still looking for a confirmed director. Elba will play a washed-up CIA operative who is forced to head to Paris to extract a confession from a young American artist supposedly plotting a terrorist attack. It’s not long before the lead character smells something fishy and must team with his ‘target’ to foil to real villains.
Source: THR
