Idris Elba Faces Off With a Killer Lion in Pulse-Pounding First Trailer For BEAST
Universal Pictures has released the pulse-pounding first trailer for Idris Elba‘s upcoming thriller, Beast. The movie tells the story of a father who finds himself battling a rogue man-eating lion in an effort to protect his two teenage daughters. This movie looks like it’s going to take audiences on a wild and intense ride and I’m looking forward to watching it!
Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, “a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them.
Baltasar Kormakur (Everest) directed the film, and Rampage scribe Ryan Engle wrote the script. The movie is said to be in the same vein as The Shallows. The cast also include Iyana Halley (The Hate U Give) who plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter, Meredith, and Leah Sava Jeffries (Empire) who plays his 13-year-old, Norah.
The movie hits theaters on August 19th. Watch the trailer and let us know what you think!