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The first major bit of DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 — unless you count a buttload of patches — is due out in 2023 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Phantom Liberty is a spy thriller, and it introduces a new character, FIA agent Solomon Reed, who's played by Idris Elba. The DLC also includes new missions and a new district in Night City, all of it culminating in "an impossible mission of espionage and survival," according to developer CD Projekt Red. Phantom Liberty will be the first batch of paid DLC for Cyberpunk…

Apple has tweaked an iPhone 14 ad because some people misheard what Idris Elba was singing.Apple used Elba's song called Biggest, with the problematic line being "Biggest, biggest, biggest, biggest, biggest, it's the biggest bounce of the summer." When played at full speed, some people didn't hear "biggest," but heard a racial slur instead.Now, there are no words at all, and Elba's voice is nowhere to be seen — or heard.The updated ad is embedded above and removes Idris's voice entirely, leaving just the music playing.…

Apple TV+ has picked up the rights for the animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, based on the best-selling book of the same name by celebrated author Charlie Mackesy.The short story will air on Apple TV+ on Christmas Day, the streamer confirmed, adding that it will be presented in partnership with the BBC.HeartwarmingApple TV+ described the story as "a story of kindness, friendship, courage and hope for viewers of all ages," adding that it's a "heartwarming, classically animated film." The press…

James Bond producer Michael G Wilson has revealed the age of the actor who will next play the British spy.Daniel Craig officially stepped down as the character following his performance in 2019’s No Time to Die.The actor, who signed on to play 007 in the 2006 film Casino Royale when he was 38, appeared in four Bond films in total.Now, speculation surrounds who will be cast in the role for future films. According to the Broccolli estate, the producing team behind the long-running film series, this actor is yet to be…

The world is an unfair place if you are a lion. Even when they kill your whole family and you decide go John Wick on their asses, it is still Idris Elba that gets to be the hero? You are painted as the bloodthirsty villain out on a rampage, while the gun-totting Keanu Reeves in his slick black suit gets a hit sequel? Mm mm not fair.All jokes aside, the likelihood of Beast getting a sequel seems low. A generic survivalist drama, Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur's film relies mostly on the dread of jump scares to bring…

Idris Elba has said that debates about Black British actors taking roles away from Black American performers prompt an “unintelligent argument”.The conversation around casting reached its peak when Daniel Kaluuya was nominated for an Oscar for his starring role in Get Out, a film about racism in the US.At the time, Samuel L Jackson famously commented: “I tend to wonder what that movie would have been with an American brother who really understands that,” suggesting that racism was different in the US to the UK.Appearing…

Dir: George Miller. Starring: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Alyla Browne, Aamito Lagum, Burcu Gölgedar, Matteo Bocelli, Kaan Guldur, Jack Braddy. 15, 108 minutes.When Mad Max: Fury Road was released in 2015, it wasn’t merely a revelation – it was a revolution. In an era rife with mind-numbing franchise work, George Miller delivered a feature-length, dystopian car chase that slammed its foot on the pedal and never relented, all while unspooling a rich fable about women’s emancipation from under the boot of environmental…

Image via Marvel After Idris Elba’s Heimdall was brutally murdered by Thanos at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, chances of the actor reprising his role were slim. But to the pleasant surprise of his fans, the post-credits scene of Thor: Love and Thunder brought him back as he turned up at the gates of Valhalla to receive Jane, who had arrived there after finally succumbing to her cancer. Turns out even Elba was pretty surprised when the studio reached out to him to reprise his fan-favorite role.  In a…

Image via Universal Pictures Today marks a week since Beast roared into theaters, with Universal’s latest blockbuster attempt seeming to deliver on real and imagined promises, among them the matchup between a conservatively-armed Idris Elba and the CGI lion seeking to rip him and his family to delicious shreds. Critics and audiences have been going back and forth on whether Elba’s fighting of the ferocious feline brought enough weight to the movie, but for the main man himself, the prospect of that showdown and…

Dir: Baltasar Kormákur. Starring: Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, Sharlto Copley. 15, 93 minutes.A shot of Idris Elba socking a lion in the face isn’t just the dramatic denouement of Beast – it’s the film’s entire raison d’etre. No one’s here for the scenes of Elba’s well-intentioned patriarch attempting to heal his fractured family, or the vague sentiments about nature’s karmic vengeance. Audiences will turn up because a trailer promised to show them one of our most charismatic A-listers in a boxing match…