Elba, who is Ghanian and Sierra Leonian, played the sinister Commandant in Beasts of No Nation, based on the true story of child soldiers in conflict. Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, is now starting in Lawmen: Bass Reeves: on Paramount+ about the legendary true-life hero of the American West.

Idris Elba has signed on to executive produce and star in a TV adaptation of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, which A24 is developing.

A TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is in development at A24 with Idris Elba attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned exclusively. No writer is currently attached to the project,

British actor Idris Elba and Gina Carter are both the executive producers of the upcoming series under their newly launched production company “22Summers,” David Oyelowo and Amanda N’duka will be executive producers through Yoruba Saxon, and Ben Forkner, Achebe Masterworks, and Dayo Ogunyemi are also executive producers.

British actor Idris Elba is set to lead the upcoming television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, “Things Fall Apart,” with production under the A24 studio. Idris will not only star as Okonkwo,

A TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" is in development at A24 with Idris Elba attached to star and executive produce

Elba's 22Summers banner is producing, with David Oyelowo's banner Yoruba Saxon executive producing based on Chinua Acheba's 1958 book.

Idris Elba is set to take on the lead role in A24's upcoming television adaptation of the seminal novel 'Things Fall Apart.'

Idris Elba is set to star in A24′s upcoming television adaptation of the acclaimed novel, Things Fall Apart, from Nigerian author Chinua Achebe– Blavity’s Shadow and Act has confirmed. Elba’s 22Summers banner is also on board for the project,