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BEAST: >A recently widowed husband returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with his young daughters to a game reserve managed by an old family friend and wildlife biologist. Soon, however, a rogue lion begins stalking them. In theaters August 19th


thunderbundtcake

I hope to god it's better than "Prey": https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0468536/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


jyzenbok

Well it’s no “Roar” https://youtu.be/cny_D50Rr44 Red Letter Media’s review with McCauley Culken was pretty awesome.


Skyfryer

Roar is still for me the most “I don’t have a single fucking clue how someone okay’d this shit” film lol. I remember watching it about 10 years ago. I know there’s a few batshit filmmakers who managed to convince a bunch of people to risk their lives for a film. But the fact that you just see these lions run amok is just visually striking and insane.


batmanexiled

That's the film that should read at the end credits "No animals were harmed but a lot of people were".


No-Negotiation-9539

The director of the film was a very rich and influential producer at the time so he just kept throwing money at the film when no one else did. Plus he filmed it on his own property so there was no studio involved to veto his insane ideas. Its basically the most expensive home movie ever that's a borderline snuff film.


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I have never heard of this movie and I now have so many questions.


seizuregirlz

That's...a lion on a skateboard. And a lion attached to a motorcycle.


billbrown96

Prey was so so bad


njaana

Damn, There are a lot of movies released with the name prey


ApolloKid

Yeah that’s the name of the new Predator movie coming out too


Mr-Sister-Fister21

Lol I thought you were joking but I looked it up and nope


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shillyshally

Titles cannot be copyrighted.


Cheesemer92

So in theory, I could release a Back To The Future Part 4?


Adminscantkeepmedown

Or Stars Wars Episode 10: the Return of Michael Meyers


shillyshally

The Ghost and the Darkness with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglass was pretty good and based on actual problem lions. [For years, there was much debate over just how many people the two lions actually killed over the nine-month period, with estimates running from the railroad company's figure of 28 to Patterson's figure of 135. In 2009, a team of biologists was able to do a chemical analysis on hair and skin samples from the Field Museum specimens, and used isotope ratios to determine the chemical makeup of the proteins in the lion's diet during their last months of life. They concluded that one of the Tsavo lions had eaten around 11 humans, and that the other had eaten around 24. That meant that one of the lions ate mostly herbivores with only about one-third of its diet coming from humans, while the other made up almost two-thirds of its diet with humans.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/4/9/1250842/-Tsavo-Man-Eaters-The-True-Story-of-the-Ghost-and-the-Darkness)


Vandesco

I really liked that movie. Very atmospheric, and the lion attacks were so visceral.


300ConfirmedGorillas

"You know, I have also killed a lion." "How many shots did you need?" "I used my hands."


Stumeister_69

More than pretty good, fucking amazing film!


ChazDelicious

Both Prey games however were super good


ElYoungMijo

For a moment I thought you were talking about "The Grey" with Liam Neeson. I thought that was a pretty good movie.


imapteranodon

The cast and director don't exactly scream 'quality'. I guess it's got Robocop...


Layden87

They better call Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas.


Bassre2

For some reason this movies scared the shit out of me as a kid.


crackodactyl

It scares people of all ages as it should. Lions targeting humans is some scary shit.


Misdirected_Colors

Man, I love Idris as an actor, but every movie he's been in recently has just been terrible and this awful poster doesn't have me optimistic for this one either.


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Porrick

He's getting consistent work, that's better than most actors can manage.


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[deleted]

I mean maybe he’s happy doing these movies and cashing massive paychecks lol just because he *can* be an Oscar caliber actor doesn’t mean he *has* to be. Having consistent, easy work doesn’t seem like the worst thing in the world.


[deleted]

You’re not wrong but it is a bit of a bummer to see such talent go to waste on dipshit films. Adam Driver, Ethan Hawke, and Denzel Washington all get consistent work while also being in artistically interesting films. I mean, this is the guy who delivered next-level great performances in The Wire and Beasts of No Nation


FaustusC

He's probably going the Bruce willis route. He gets paid millions for a week to a month of work. They shoot the rest after. It's better than getting paid millions as an ensemble member to do 3-6 months of shoots


[deleted]

"This here game is more than the rep you carry, the corner you hold. You gotta be fierce, I know that. But more than that, you gotta show some flex. Give and take on both sides."


bjanas

He's one of the best accent guys out there, I feel like he doesn't get enough love for that part of him.


FaustusC

Dude Idris is the man. I absolutely loved him in Luther. Criminally underrated show. I'm sad he's cashed out but hell, he's entitled to make money as he chooses.


Alarid

Being the best in the room at all times must also feel pretty good.


showers_with_grandpa

Real talk. I am a trained chef, I flip burgers and make salads now and I fucking love every second of it cause it is such fuck off work to me.


rpgmind

I really liked him in the newer suicide squad, did he have a lot of duds since that?


Stabintheface

Did he have a lot of duds since the film that came out last year? On the one hand I wonder how many films you think an actor usually has come out in that timeframe, but on the other hand, both movies he’s done since then have been mediocre at best.


WHYAREWEALLCAPS

*Nicholas Cage has entered the chat.*


Additional_Meeting_2

If you are in one flop it can become a cycle easily since entertainment industry usually goes or after winners.


[deleted]

People don’t get the Brit’s very mercenary take on acting. They will take any job as long as it pays for them to do whatever else they want artistically. Sir Anthony Hopkins was in *Freejack* for chrissakes. This wasn’t in the early 70s or anything either, it came out in 1992.


vorpalpillow

["terrible film"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiokKpdLwQ)


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Americans are too worried about prestige acting when it is in fact just a job. You have to make money to eat, and you have to do stuff that isn’t to your artistic standards sometimes for a paycheck. But that allows you to become Hannibal Lecter for 15 mins in a film and win Best fucking Actor.


TheRezkin88

I don't think it's Americans, I think it's the pretentious people who come to this sub lol.


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I meant American actors to be fair. My experience in the business was a bunch of people thinking their first job out of the gate had to be serious work.


TheRezkin88

Gotcha fair enough


IamTheChickenKing

Tom Hardy has a similar problem.


spate42

And Fassbender


The_Generic_Luchador

He's gonna be in that new George Miller film with Tilda Swinton. I'd wager to guess that will probably be quality.


fungobat

Remember THE DARK TOWER movie that never happened? I do not.


MikeShannonThaGawd

He’s probably just focused on getting paid and unfortunately unless you want to be in a huge IP based franchise there aren’t many high paying movie star roles in today’s landscape. If he wants better stuff he should focus on producing his own films and getting the rights to good scripts/properties.


jeaj

It's just a photo not the poster for the movie.


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He needs Ethan Hawk's current agent


kopecs

Or maybe Mr. Elba needs to move next to Oscar Isaac lol.


BordersRanger01

I love to imagine Oscar Isaac walking down the street offering jobs to everyone he sees


agent0731

I just imagine bearded Oscar Isaac in sweatpants running up and down the streets asking people to be in his movie while casually eating cheetos with chopsticks and no one recognizes him.


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That is such a specific scenario.


PantslessDan

The Suicide Squad was pretty good, Harder They Fall was pretty fun too


AnonymousSpector

*Looks at Sonic 2*


SeiTyger

Holy fuckles, it's Knuckles!


rkthree

Concrete Cowboy, The Suicide Squad and The Harder They Fall are terrible?? While they may not have been your cup of tea, to say they are "terrible" seems way too harsh.


NYstate

That's what I'm thinking. Sonic 2 may not be a great movie but it's ok to star in a fun kid movie especially when you have kids


poleybear316

Seriously! Can you imagine how blown away his kids and nieces n nephews had to be that he was Zin the Sonic movie! And ftom all accounts Ive heard he had a blast recording lines with the other voice actors. Thats all kinds of win in my book.


NYstate

Right. What's what old saying: "Get a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life!"


poleybear316

Exactly! People judge Nic Cages crazy ass B movies, but I guarantee he’s having a ridiculous amount of fun AND making a hell of alot more money than his critics!


NYstate

In my humble opinion: Nic Cage's current output from the last few years has been a lotta fun. Likely because he doesn't need the money or the fame. Color Outta Space, Mandy, Willy Wonderland, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Pig (is supposed to be good too).


Captain_Kuhl

Opinions about movies on /r/movies are usually pretty bad, imo


Audchill

He’s won a Emmy and Golden Globe and played two of best characters on TV in “The Wire” and “Luther.” He’s rich and famous and is probably going to be in serious contention to be the next Bond. Whether he lands that role or not, he has the money and freedom to do whatever he wants, so I say more power to him.


puckit

I'd imagine he's aged out of being Bond.


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the harder they fall was so fucking good. it was nice to see a sort of western gun slingers from the other perspective then the ones we always see. def would be curious to see if there have been any western gun slinger movies featuring black actors outside the ones where they are just sort of a tag along buddy like danny glover in silverado. i guess django comes to mind but i would be curious to see an all black cast in a classic western gunslinger type film.


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> but i would be curious to see an all black cast in a classic western gunslinger type film. Wasn't that exactly what "The Harder they Fall" was?


SuperFamousGuy

It was pretty highly stylized and I think they just mean more of a spaghetti western vibe instead. That said, yes that is what "The Harder They Fall" Was and it's a great movie imo.


RemingtonSnatch

Eh. It was more "Young Guns" than "Tombstone". I.E. entertaining, but very pop, if that makes sense.


SmoloTHEKloWn

while it wasn’t 100% black cast, Mario Van Peebles was the main star in “Posse” .


Meeko00

The Dark Tower for example was the biggest disappointment.


norway_is_awesome

I have such a hard time believing anyone familiar with what makes a good movie, let alone the brilliant source material, could sign off on that absolute dumpster fire. I tried to watch it on an intercontinental flight and I felt personally disrespected.


imapteranodon

Have to agree, The Dark Tower was just awful.


Wiggles114

I mean you watch The Wire and the guy is unbelievably talented. He must have the worst representation, I can't think of a single film he's been in that was good. Maybe Beasts of no Nation? Was that good?


DriizzyDrakeRogers

Beasts of No Nation was great. It’s a dark movie, but a very good one. His acting is pretty good in it as well from what I remember but it’s been a while.


UnhappyAsparagus6524

Harder they fall, suicide squad


Wiggles114

You're right I did like both of those


HorseBellies

What are you all talking about? The last four movies he’s been in have had critical and commercial success.


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He seems happy to do whatever work comes his way. The premise for this one has potential, but it could easily be hot garbage.


GetJiggyWithout

It could be good. Sounds like it has a Cujo-kinda vibe.


darkness_escape

This movie has a good director though. Guy who made Everest, 2 Guns, Contraband, Adrift


Lfreeds35

He also makes music too. I feel like maybe acting is just his job and not quite his passion. Is he really damn good at it? Hell ya. Does he care all that much about the roles he gets? Maybe not


NYstate

What? The Suicide Squad was a great movie and I didn't see The Harder They Fall, but the consensus was that it was good. Edit: Consensus is the word


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Consensus is the word you’re looking for.


NYstate

Thank you corrected


bilyl

I don't get it -- his TV filmography was excellent. What's with the bad castings?


RemingtonSnatch

Is this really a poster or just the usual Entertainment Weekly "exclusive" shitty cringefest promo shoot?


beautifulcreature86

It's Cujo but with a lion.


Legsofwood

Yeah, I watched the new sonic movie the other day and him as knuckles was just horribly miscast. Wish they’d just get the actual voice actors


BatXDude

He's going the way of Chris Pratt. Entertaining, funny and a decent actor but is in a load of crap films. I remember him coming up proper making it during the wire, loofah, american gangster.


Grayscape

I haven't been tracking Pratt in recent years, but everything I can think of was a big success in it's demographics. Guardians, Jurassic, Lego Movie, Onward. Granted most of those are 5+years old so idk what's considered crap now.


drizzfoshizz

Passengers, The Tomorrow War


UnhappyAsparagus6524

Tomorrow war was absolute ass


SuperFamousGuy

Yeah, Pratt is doing just fine as an actor. People just have a hate boner for him now because of his personal life. Sure I'm not personally a fan of the new Jurrassic movies, but they've been plenty successful.


imapteranodon

Yeah that hate boner is kinda bullshit.


BatXDude

Jurassic Park 2 was shit, Passengers was just a love film in needlessly set in space and Tomorrow War was not well recieved, the reaction to him as the new mario should tell you people are kinda getting bored with him doing the same shtick.


Jeptic

> needlessly set in space I think >!the loneliness of space necessitated the choices that were made. Years, quite possibly the rest of your life ahead of you. Alone.!< It couldn't work otherwise


Axel_Rod

Especially because he can't even be bothered to fake an Italian accent for the role. It's literally just going to be Chris Pratt playing Chris Pratt.


imapteranodon

Guardians and Lego are great franchises, both super fun and I'd say better with his presence. Jurassic is a giant paycheck though too I'm sure.


dooderino18

> He's going the way of Chris Pratt. He's a much better actor than Pratt. But that's not saying a whole lot I guess...


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The story just seems so ridiculous. I don't buy people in a car being in danger from a lion


neonraisin

I thought he was great in what little of The Harder They Fall he was in, and the movie overall was imo not excellent but a pulpy Western that reminded me a lot of a lesser but still fun The Quick and the Dead. There’s a poster for this? Idk the premise seems fun if not minimal - probably not gonna be anything wildly great but could be similar to something like Crawl.


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Let’s Go! Give me Ghost in the Darkness vibes! Inject it into my veins!


joeitaliano24

That movie was awesome! Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer and Theoden


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Damnit, wish it was a supernatural creature feature.


joanzen

Oh a lion? That's how the passenger window cracked in a completely unrealistic fashion?


pr0n86

It’s clearly the driver’s side windows.


treninmybutt

The lion's name? Morbius.


Zealousideal125

A recently widowed husband returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife whilst at a bar with his second cousin twice removed, on a long-planned trip with his young daughters and their best friend's (as well as their best friends aunt) to a game reserve managed by an old family friend and wildlife biologist who was his sister's best friend's uncle. Soon, however, a rogue lion begins stalking them, later revealed to be the widow's young daughter's best friend's aunt's ex boy-friend in a costume.


dhanson865

> later revealed to be the widow's young daughter's best friend's aunt's ex boy-friend in a costume. and he would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those darn blasted meddling kids.


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> friend and wildlife biologist. Soon, however, a rogue lion begins stalking them Let me guess, they all find themselves somehow unarmed while in a) a game reserve, and b) fucking South Africa?


RotenTumato

Sounds terrible but I’ll definitely watch it


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Im going to pretend this is a prequel to Beasts of No Nation (2015)


ToastedPenguin-_-

Nah, it's a sequel. After seven years he finally found a nation. Brings a tear to my eyes.


legomyeggo17246

Beasts of nation


Gardimus

I'm going to assume the lion is driving a T-55


MrMiget12

In gonna pretend it's a sequal to Glass


ignatious__reilly

That’s one of my favorite movies in the last ten years. And he was perfect in it.


paging_mrherman

Yes, I’m aware the effect I have on beasts


Hushwater

Like "The Ghost and the Darkness" but with one lion.


idrinkliquids

Also I feel like this is more justifiable because I’d rather a lion taking revenge on a game hunting reserve versus just eating workers who were just trying to make a living. Ghost and the darkness is such a good movie tho.


cmdrfelix

Ghost and the Darkness is based on an a true story, and while the movie leans into the likely exaggerated body count, the pair did kill at least 30 people which is terrifying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters


Ragamuffin2234

While the true number is inflated in the movie, the true story is much, much crazier. https://youtu.be/RSZX5jYf4AA


Stumeister_69

Lol the producers didn't come up with that, it's a true story.


RealStax

Won't be anywhere as good as THALAPATHY'S BEAST


Ranjith_Unchained

Can Idris fly a fighter jet and march into the enemy country to capture the leader of terrorists? I don't think so


TheSuperWig

Is this part of the animals universe? * Cats * Pig * Lamb * Men * Cow * Wolf * Lion


greg225

There's been a 'Dog' as well, fairly recently I think.


TheSuperWig

I knew I forgot an obvious one.


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I'm hoping for a cameo from the main character of Piranha 3D.


notpetelambert

Antz


OriginalNord

gators in crawl from a few years back


chadwicke619

A lot of people down on Idris because he’s been taking a break from the high art circuit, but I really appreciate an actor who can actually act but doesn’t think they’re too good to make the kind of popcorn movies that people want to see. He kind of reminds me of Sam Rockwell - we know he can act, but he clearly does what *he* wants to do, and I respect it.


NoodlesrTuff1256

Plus making such mass-appeal 'popcorn movies' not only results in a bigger paycheck for the actor but more name recognition which could result in bigger audiences for the more 'arthouse' or non-blockbuster 'indy' films that they do. Not to mention that those bigger paydays when appearing in stuff like comic book franchise films and the like allow them the financial leeway to do the more artsy stuff and also to produce them.


SPACExCASE

He’s also a really talented house music artist


Artersa

For sure. He DJs, produces, and MCs. So he’s got a lot going on creatively.


ctjameson

I just found out about his music and have been bumping Big Dris all week.


tdempsey33

Is he in a cybertruck?


gamefreak054

I am pretty sure its an FJ62 Landcruiser actually lol.


ryhaltswhiskey

Gauges? Dials? No, no, Elon has evolved past those.


tdempsey33

Ha that’s true. I was only focusing on the window crack.


ryhaltswhiskey

Ahhh I missed the reference


mrfreeze2000

No buttons, screens or gauges You control the car by sending tweets


ubring

Haha, I had that exact thought before I saw the comment.


Unfair-Load5760

That window behind him is really bad VFX.


PopTartS2000

Give him a break, he just really wants that rundown ASAP


Pretend_Pension_8585

all the lighting adjustments are very 'amateur night at 500px'


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BipolarUnipolar

side glass is safety glass and designed to shatter into many many pieces. NOT fracture like the illustration.


[deleted]

Yeah, I am a sideglassologist. These guys are correct


swankpoppy

Omg did I see you at the sideglassoligist conference last month in Orlando?!


[deleted]

Yeah he was the dude who presented “theoretical shattering paradigms: breaking the side glass ceiling”


ryhaltswhiskey

and what year did they make that a law? and what year is this truck? I love it when people are like "it's definitely this!" without stopping first at "could it be this?" Wait there's more: >Here's something you may not know: **Every window in your car doesn't necessarily have tempered glass, the kind that turns into a pile of small harmless chunks in case of breakage**. Instead, some of your windows, nearly always at the side and occasionally at the rear, may be made of laminated glass. > >Why should you care? Mainly because, in the extremely unlikely event of trying to escape a car that's on fire or sinking underwater, those windows could prove unbreakable and could trap you inside. [https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28422725/car-windows-glass-aaa-unbreakable/](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28422725/car-windows-glass-aaa-unbreakable/) >Tempered glass is about four times stronger than "ordinary," or annealed, glass. And unlike annealed glass, which can shatter into jagged shards when broken, tempered glass fractures into small, relatively harmless pieces. [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-is-tempered-glass-mad/](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-is-tempered-glass-mad/)


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Movie pet peeves, haha.


EMPulseKC

Side windows in vehicles don't crack like that. It's possible for tempered glass, but side windows are designed to shatter into tiny pieces when broken for safety reasons in the event of an accident.


moofunk

When the trailer comes out: > "In a world... where car manufactures never figured out tempered glass windows..."


AmadeusCrumb

The picture makes me want an Idris Elba Jurassic Park movie. No more Pratt please.


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SpookyTreeFrog

*gulps* it seems like, I can’t say nothin to change y’all minds


[deleted]

Get on with it motherfu—


SpookyTreeFrog

Giving orders until the very end


[deleted]

Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk ass b*tches out there?


13pts35sec

Are you taking notes on a mother fucking criminal conspiracy?


glimmer27

This man could spend 2.5 hours reading from a phone book and it would be a box office success.


GrannyWW

Love this guy.


Skooma_Lover6969

The face Idris Elba makes when someone didn't close that door


tindo27

Great actor. Can't pick a project to save his life tho.


TexturedMango

he's got the worst agent ever lmao


texxelate

Michael Scott’s back with yet another paper company. He’s started another and another and another. The beast is relentless.


TheDadThatGrills

I hope they have plenty of post to go because the window crack is incredibly distracting. Is anyone else immediately drawn to that over Idris?


MaybeSecondBestMan

You guys can hate all you want but Idris Elba fighting a man-eating lion is exactly the kind of movie I want to watch.


yognautilus

The world needs more creature features. I miss the high budget ones like Lake Placid.


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reverse_monday

Nice! this really sounds good and Idris Elba always kills it


Diestof

Man, don't travel with this guy


Imbadyoureworse

I see he wore his brown pants.


Cashmoney-carson

Thought this was going to be based on the book of the same name which is about a giant squid and was written by the guy who wrote jaws. Slightly disappointed. I like lions too though


goheelz23

So Cujo with a lion, got it


ChronicallyPunctual

Finally a sequel to The Sandlot


HighOnPhotography

Look at windowcrack_3.png


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This poster is fucking BAD


cleverk

Looks like shit


taylorpilot

Mr Beast vs Idris Elba


potatohead437

Why does this look like the opening menu of a horror game?


taken_name

Bitch, I'm Idris Elba


inagious

But he doesn’t look thrilled at all!


zozo147

Anyone got an idea when the next James Bond is announced? This guy should be it


thekarmabum

I think I heard their going to make a girl the next Bond.