Joseph Baxter Jan 24, 2019
Idris Elba makes his feature directorial debut with Yardie, an adaptation of Victor Headley’s bellwether British crime novel.
Idris Elba continues to juggle numerous occupations, from film and TV star, to writer, producer, DJ and even a professional kickboxer who banked a win in his one and only fight after training for a documentary series. However, the upcoming release of the crime drama, Yardie, reveals yet another occupation for Elba, that of feature film director.
Elba’s film-helming debut works off a script by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman that adapts the acclaimed 1992 crime novel, Yardie, by Victor Headley; a groundbreaking Black-British story, spearheaded by a grassroots distribution strategy that achieved success through slow word-of-mouth. Elba's indie-produced adaptation was distributed in the U.K. by StudioCanal.
Yardie Release Date
Yardie is set to arrive at theaters in the U.S. on March 15.
The film premiered...
Idris Elba makes his feature directorial debut with Yardie, an adaptation of Victor Headley’s bellwether British crime novel.
Idris Elba continues to juggle numerous occupations, from film and TV star, to writer, producer, DJ and even a professional kickboxer who banked a win in his one and only fight after training for a documentary series. However, the upcoming release of the crime drama, Yardie, reveals yet another occupation for Elba, that of feature film director.
Elba’s film-helming debut works off a script by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman that adapts the acclaimed 1992 crime novel, Yardie, by Victor Headley; a groundbreaking Black-British story, spearheaded by a grassroots distribution strategy that achieved success through slow word-of-mouth. Elba's indie-produced adaptation was distributed in the U.K. by StudioCanal.
Yardie Release Date
Yardie is set to arrive at theaters in the U.S. on March 15.
The film premiered...
- 6/1/2018
- Den of Geek
Author: Stefan Pape
Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie is an adaptation of Victor Headley’s popular novel of the same name, tapping in to a community, and culture, seldom explored on the silver screen. As any Londoner would tell you, the Caribbean community’s imprint on the capital makes up such a integral part of the city’s identity, infusing a certain vibrancy and spirit that makes London what it is – and that has been captured to perfection in this absorbing pice of cinema.
Watch the First Trailer for Yardie
Our tale begins in Kingston, Jamaica, where young Dennis Campbell, affectionately known as D., watches on as his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary) is shot dead amidst a poisonous gang war, in spite of his neutral stance, as he had been an advocate for peace. This changes young D. and when he gets older (portrayed by Aml Ameen...
Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie is an adaptation of Victor Headley’s popular novel of the same name, tapping in to a community, and culture, seldom explored on the silver screen. As any Londoner would tell you, the Caribbean community’s imprint on the capital makes up such a integral part of the city’s identity, infusing a certain vibrancy and spirit that makes London what it is – and that has been captured to perfection in this absorbing pice of cinema.
Watch the First Trailer for Yardie
Our tale begins in Kingston, Jamaica, where young Dennis Campbell, affectionately known as D., watches on as his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary) is shot dead amidst a poisonous gang war, in spite of his neutral stance, as he had been an advocate for peace. This changes young D. and when he gets older (portrayed by Aml Ameen...
- 2/23/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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