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.

The announcement that Idris Elba would play Okonkwo, the revered wrestling champion of Umuofia, in the film adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel “Things Fall Apart” has sparked intense discussion on social media,

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.

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 will star in and executive produce a series adaptation of the classic Nigerian novel 'Things Fall Apart' alongside A24.

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,

Idris Elba is attached to star in a television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, which is being developed by A24. Things Fall Apart was published in 1958. The widely-beloved novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of a group of people ...

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,

Idris Elba is attached to star in and executive produce A24's television adaptation of a massively influential 20th-century African novel.