Based on the 1994 A.S. Byatt short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye," George Miller's new film "Three Thousand Years of Longing" -- in theaters on August 26 in the United States -- stars Idris Elba as Byatt's titular djinn who appears to a human scholar named Alithea (Tilda Swinton) to grant her wishes in exchange for his freedom. "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" appeared in a collection of similar short stories that draw heavily from ancient texts and folk tales, linking up themes and characters from works such as the "Epic of Gilgamesh," "One Thousand and One Nights," and "The Canterbury Tales," as well as the works of William Shakespeare, and the myth of Cybele. Miller seemingly matched Byatt's thematic links by including multiple flashback scenes wherein the djinn interacts with figures of the distant past.
The central narrative of Miller's film takes place in a single hotel room in Istanbul,...
The central narrative of Miller's film takes place in a single hotel room in Istanbul,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Ami Ameen as D, in Idris Elba’s directorial debut, the Jamaican-British crime thriller Yardie. Photo courtesy of Rialto Pictures
Actor Idris Elba makes his directing debut with Yardie, a tale about a young Jamaican, haunted by his DJ brother’s murder, who makes his way to London in the employ of a Kingston-based gang boss.
“Yardie” is slang for Jamaican gang members, a term the pops up on the streets of the London’s Hackney neighborhood, home to large Jamaican immigrant community. It is where D (Ami Ameen) finds himself after his boss King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) sends him to London to deliver a package of drugs to Rico (Stephen Graham), a fuzzy-haired, white Jamaican under-boss.
But the story really starts years earlier in Jamaica, where 10-year-old Dennis (Antwayne Eccleston), who goes by the nickname D., lives just outside Kingston with his older brother, a street DJ known as...
Actor Idris Elba makes his directing debut with Yardie, a tale about a young Jamaican, haunted by his DJ brother’s murder, who makes his way to London in the employ of a Kingston-based gang boss.
“Yardie” is slang for Jamaican gang members, a term the pops up on the streets of the London’s Hackney neighborhood, home to large Jamaican immigrant community. It is where D (Ami Ameen) finds himself after his boss King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) sends him to London to deliver a package of drugs to Rico (Stephen Graham), a fuzzy-haired, white Jamaican under-boss.
But the story really starts years earlier in Jamaica, where 10-year-old Dennis (Antwayne Eccleston), who goes by the nickname D., lives just outside Kingston with his older brother, a street DJ known as...
- 3/15/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There’s something missing in “Yardie,” Idris Elba’s directorial debut, but I can’t quite place my finger on it. The acting is decent, the cinematography is well-executed, and the music is on point, but the delivery and the tone are completely mismatched. It feels as if the film itself is aching to say something more, but is ultimately muted by choices the freshman director withheld from making.
Based on the 1992 book by Victor Headley, the film opens in 1973 Kingston, Jamaica. There’s a gang war, and young D (Antwayne Eccleston) is being raised by his older brother, Jerry Dread while King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) — a gang leader, don, and music producer — acts a sort of father figure to both. During a concert meant to unite rival gangs in Kingston, Jerry is gunned down, leaving D to be raised by King Fox.
Years later, adult D is working for...
Based on the 1992 book by Victor Headley, the film opens in 1973 Kingston, Jamaica. There’s a gang war, and young D (Antwayne Eccleston) is being raised by his older brother, Jerry Dread while King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) — a gang leader, don, and music producer — acts a sort of father figure to both. During a concert meant to unite rival gangs in Kingston, Jerry is gunned down, leaving D to be raised by King Fox.
Years later, adult D is working for...
- 3/15/2019
- by Yolanda Machado
- The Wrap
“Yardie,” Idris Elba’s directorial debut, is a more personal take on the routine crime film. Despite all of the genre’s double-crosses, failed heists, and Mexican stand-offs, the repetition of these tropes has lessened their impact (a generation of ironic Tarantino rip-offs surely didn’t help). But “Yardie,” based on a novel by Jamaican-born British author Victor Headley, is rooted in enough layers of personal devastation and regret to make the movie more emotionally wrought than many of its peers.
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- 3/15/2019
- by Ted Pillow
- The Playlist
A small-imprint–published slab of pulp fiction that became a huge literary sensation, Victor Headley’s 1992 novel Yardie drops readers into a London filled with ex-pat Jamaican kingpins, gang wars, alleyway assassinations and an antihero — “D.,” short for Dennis — who works his way up the underworld ladder. The writing was rough-and-ready straightforward, without the tough-guy stylistics of a Chandler or an Ellroy; the patois-heavy prose felt like it both represented Britain’s West Indian community and gave the rise-and-fall narrative a unique edge. An under-served demographic of readers found the...
- 3/14/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Idris Elba's acting experience was certainly useful while making his directorial debut Yardie, but so were his music chops, garnered from his years of moonlighting as a DJ.
Yardie, adapted from the Victor Headley novel of the same name, centers around a young Jamaican man unable to move on from the murder of his older brother and caught up in a life of crime. The film's journey through 1970s Kingston and 1980s London shines a light on the dawn of sound-system culture, meaning there's no shortage of reggae-infused beats throughout.
"Music — reggae music especially — has been ...
Yardie, adapted from the Victor Headley novel of the same name, centers around a young Jamaican man unable to move on from the murder of his older brother and caught up in a life of crime. The film's journey through 1970s Kingston and 1980s London shines a light on the dawn of sound-system culture, meaning there's no shortage of reggae-infused beats throughout.
"Music — reggae music especially — has been ...
- 3/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Idris Elba's acting experience was certainly useful while making his directorial debut Yardie, but so were his music chops, garnered from his years of moonlighting as a DJ.
Yardie, adapted from the Victor Headley novel of the same name, centers around a young Jamaican man unable to move on from the murder of his older brother and caught up in a life of crime. The film's journey through 1970s Kingston and 1980s London shines a light on the dawn of sound-system culture, meaning there's no shortage of reggae-infused beats throughout.
"Music — reggae music especially — has been ...
Yardie, adapted from the Victor Headley novel of the same name, centers around a young Jamaican man unable to move on from the murder of his older brother and caught up in a life of crime. The film's journey through 1970s Kingston and 1980s London shines a light on the dawn of sound-system culture, meaning there's no shortage of reggae-infused beats throughout.
"Music — reggae music especially — has been ...
- 3/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Idris Elba’s directorial debut, a gang drama set in Jamaica called “Yardie,” has been acquired for U.S. rights by Rialto Pictures, the New York-based company announced Thursday.
“Yardie” will receive a theatrical release on March 15. The film originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 in the world cinema – dramatic competition and was chosen as the opening night film at this year’s Caribbean Film Festival at Bam in New York City.
Directed and executive produced by Elba, “Yardie” was written by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on Victor Headley’s novel.
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Set in ’70s Kingston and 1980s Hackney (a neighborhood in London with a large Jamaican community), “Yardie” (a term used for Jamaican gang members) centers around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry, following...
“Yardie” will receive a theatrical release on March 15. The film originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 in the world cinema – dramatic competition and was chosen as the opening night film at this year’s Caribbean Film Festival at Bam in New York City.
Directed and executive produced by Elba, “Yardie” was written by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on Victor Headley’s novel.
Also Read: Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton Attached to Star in New George Miller Project
Set in ’70s Kingston and 1980s Hackney (a neighborhood in London with a large Jamaican community), “Yardie” (a term used for Jamaican gang members) centers around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry, following...
- 1/24/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Rialto Pictures has acquired rights to Yardie, the film that marks the directorial debut of Idris Elba. The company has set a March 15 theatrical release date for the 1970s- and ’80s-set crime drama that revolves around the intertwined worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry. The deal comes almost a year after the pic had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Directed and executive produced by Elba and penned by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on the Victor Headley novel of the same name, the pic follows a courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) from Kingston to Hackney in London where he seeks revenge for his brother’s murder and also reunites with his estranged girlfriend (Shantol Jackson) and child.
UK-based Warp Films’ Gina Carter and Robin Gutch produce the movie, which was financed by Studiocanal, the BFI, BBC Films and Screen Yorkshire. The U.
Directed and executive produced by Elba and penned by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman based on the Victor Headley novel of the same name, the pic follows a courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) from Kingston to Hackney in London where he seeks revenge for his brother’s murder and also reunites with his estranged girlfriend (Shantol Jackson) and child.
UK-based Warp Films’ Gina Carter and Robin Gutch produce the movie, which was financed by Studiocanal, the BFI, BBC Films and Screen Yorkshire. The U.
- 1/24/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Directorial debut premiered at Sundance 2018.
New York-based distributor Rialto Pictures has acquired Us rights to Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie from Studiocanal. It will be released on March 15, 2019.
The deal was negotiated with Anna Marsh, evp international distribution at Studiocanal.
Yardie premiered at Sundance 2019 in the world cinema dramatic competition, before going on to the Berlinale and Sundance’s London offshoot later in the year.
Set in 1970s Kingston, Jamaica and 1980s Hackney, London, UK and based on Victor Headley’s novel, the film follows a young courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) through the worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry,...
New York-based distributor Rialto Pictures has acquired Us rights to Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie from Studiocanal. It will be released on March 15, 2019.
The deal was negotiated with Anna Marsh, evp international distribution at Studiocanal.
Yardie premiered at Sundance 2019 in the world cinema dramatic competition, before going on to the Berlinale and Sundance’s London offshoot later in the year.
Set in 1970s Kingston, Jamaica and 1980s Hackney, London, UK and based on Victor Headley’s novel, the film follows a young courier named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) through the worlds of the Jamaican narcotics syndicates and the music industry,...
- 1/24/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Rayon McLean, Mark Rhino Smith, Sheldon Shepherd, Christopher Daly, Alexandra Vaz, Chris-Ann Fletcher, Paul Haughton, Everaldo Creary | Written by Brock Norman Brock, Martin Stellman | Directed by Idris Elba
Yardie is the much anticipated directorial debut from much beloved British acting veteran Idris Elba – who’s famed for his turn as grizzly and gritty roles ranging from his much-beloved turn as Dci John Luther to Hollywood action prowess of Pacific Rim, Thor and Star Trek Beyond.
With Yardie, adapted from the novel by the same name by author Victor Headley released in 1992, Elba strips away the Hollywood gloss and expense, pushing himself into the deep end in the realm of the dearly missed British production of a gritty and dark tale of greed and murder, reminiscent of the vast social politic and exaggerations from the likes of Alan Clarke and Guy Ritchie,...
Yardie is the much anticipated directorial debut from much beloved British acting veteran Idris Elba – who’s famed for his turn as grizzly and gritty roles ranging from his much-beloved turn as Dci John Luther to Hollywood action prowess of Pacific Rim, Thor and Star Trek Beyond.
With Yardie, adapted from the novel by the same name by author Victor Headley released in 1992, Elba strips away the Hollywood gloss and expense, pushing himself into the deep end in the realm of the dearly missed British production of a gritty and dark tale of greed and murder, reminiscent of the vast social politic and exaggerations from the likes of Alan Clarke and Guy Ritchie,...
- 12/31/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
For his directorial debut, Elba mixes cliche and social complexity in this adaptation of Victor Headley’s novel about a young Jamaican in 80s Hackney
For his directorial debut, Idris Elba has seized upon a book regarded practically as a sacred text among Britain’s Jamaican community – Victor Headley’s ferocious 1992 page-turner about an angry young Kingstonian’s progress through early 80s Hackney, east London – and striven to reshape it into broadly accessible social history. Yardie the film has ambition, confidence and energy, not to mention the novelty of being a rare homegrown period drama that isn’t beholden to pallid Downtonisms. Yet it often finds itself standing, like Aml Ameen’s conflicted protagonist, D, at a crossroads. Ahead, its own distinctive, rewarding path; on all other sides, several hundred yards of crime-movie cliche. At most of these junctures, Elba makes the right choice.
The film’s flaw is to...
For his directorial debut, Idris Elba has seized upon a book regarded practically as a sacred text among Britain’s Jamaican community – Victor Headley’s ferocious 1992 page-turner about an angry young Kingstonian’s progress through early 80s Hackney, east London – and striven to reshape it into broadly accessible social history. Yardie the film has ambition, confidence and energy, not to mention the novelty of being a rare homegrown period drama that isn’t beholden to pallid Downtonisms. Yet it often finds itself standing, like Aml Ameen’s conflicted protagonist, D, at a crossroads. Ahead, its own distinctive, rewarding path; on all other sides, several hundred yards of crime-movie cliche. At most of these junctures, Elba makes the right choice.
The film’s flaw is to...
- 8/29/2018
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Studiocanal have released a whole set of new posters for Idris Elba’s directorial debut, Yardie. The posters consist of four character posters and variations of the main poster.
Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary).
Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the same name, Yardie follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
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The film stars Aml Ameen,...
Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary).
Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the same name, Yardie follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
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The film stars Aml Ameen,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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
"This is a story about the path I chose..." Studiocanal UK has released a new full-length official trailer for the film Yardie, the feature directorial debut of actor Idris Elba. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and went on to play at the Berlin Film Festival as well. The first teaser trailer dropped earlier this year, but this full trailer gives us a better look. Elba's Yardie, based on the novel by Victor Headley, is about a young Jamaican boy who moves to London in the 80s and gets involved in gang war in Hackney. Aml Ameen stars as D, and the full cast includes Everaldo Creary, Stephen Graham, Mark Rhino Smith, Akin Gazi, Fraser James, Deepak Anand, Naomi Ackie, and Shantol Jackson. The film looks better than it is, unfortunately, since the reviews from the festivals haven't been great. I'm glad Idris Elba is getting into directing to tell stories like this,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Brock Norman Brock on how Yardie was written for the screen.
Screenwriters don’t often get the chance to talk about a film. It’s a bit too much like asking the bride’s ex-boyfriend to give a speech at her wedding. Maybe if there’s dirt to be dished, there’s some prurient interest, but otherwise, why bring up the past? The film is the thing.
Still, there is a script. And for four years, Yardie, the film, existed only in my head. Just as, I suppose, there was a time before me and it was just Victor Headley and the book.
Screenwriters don’t often get the chance to talk about a film. It’s a bit too much like asking the bride’s ex-boyfriend to give a speech at her wedding. Maybe if there’s dirt to be dished, there’s some prurient interest, but otherwise, why bring up the past? The film is the thing.
Still, there is a script. And for four years, Yardie, the film, existed only in my head. Just as, I suppose, there was a time before me and it was just Victor Headley and the book.
- 6/1/2018
- by Brock Norman Brock
- Pure Movies
Tonight see’s Idris Elba’s directorial debut, Yardie receives it’s Sundance Film Festival UK Premiere. To celebrate Studiocanal has released the full main trailer alongside some new images from the film.
Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the same name, Yardie follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
The film stars Aml Ameen, Sheldon Shepherd, Shantol Jackson and Stephen Graham.
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The film is scheduled for a UK release in 2018
Yardie Official Synopsis
Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the...
Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the same name, Yardie follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
The film stars Aml Ameen, Sheldon Shepherd, Shantol Jackson and Stephen Graham.
Also in trailers – Shaquille O’Neal & Tiffany Haddish go old school in trailer for Uncle Drew
The film is scheduled for a UK release in 2018
Yardie Official Synopsis
Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the...
- 6/1/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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
Idris Elba unleashed the first teaser trailer for his directorial debut, Yardie, on Thursday.
The film, which had its debut at Sundance and is screening this week in Berlin, is adapted from the cult 1992 novel by Jamaican-born British writer Victor Headley. The story follows a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen) on his path of crime and, eventually, a quest for revenge over the murder of his older brother.
The trailer tracks the action from the gang wars of Kingston in Jamaica to the gritty streets of 1980s London, where someone poses the question "Will you go with the...
The film, which had its debut at Sundance and is screening this week in Berlin, is adapted from the cult 1992 novel by Jamaican-born British writer Victor Headley. The story follows a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen) on his path of crime and, eventually, a quest for revenge over the murder of his older brother.
The trailer tracks the action from the gang wars of Kingston in Jamaica to the gritty streets of 1980s London, where someone poses the question "Will you go with the...
- 2/22/2018
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"It's time to let go... Choose the right path, son." Get your first look at the directorial debut of English actor Idris Elba, titled Yardie. This film premiered at both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, and should hit theaters later this year, even though there still isn't any news on a Us distribution deal. Elba's Yardie, based on the novel by Victor Headley, is about a young Jamaican boy who moves to London in the 80s and gets involved in gang war in Hackney. Aml Ameen stars as D, and the cast includes Everaldo Creary, Stephen Graham, Mark Rhino Smith, Akin Gazi, Fraser James, Deepak Anand, Naomi Ackie, and Shantol Jackson. I wish I could say this is a great film and everyone should watch it when it comes out, but I just saw it at the Berlin Film Festival, and it's no good. It has some seriously bad...
- 2/22/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After working with the likes of David Simon, Cary Fukunaga, Kenneth Branagh, Guillermo del Toro, Ridley Scott, and more, Idris Elba has now stepped behind the camera for his directorial debut. Yardie, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival a few weeks ago and will hit U.K. theaters soon, is based on Victor Headley’s book, which follows a man who tracks down his brother’s killer–a murder which occurred a decade prior–in East London.
“When the opportunity came, I read the script and realized that everything that was in the script I could certainly amplify with some truth,” Elba told Deadline. “I was there in that time period. I know the people the book was about. I’ve met these people and been in the areas. So I felt like this was something that wasn’t going to be too much of a departure from who I am.
“When the opportunity came, I read the script and realized that everything that was in the script I could certainly amplify with some truth,” Elba told Deadline. “I was there in that time period. I know the people the book was about. I’ve met these people and been in the areas. So I felt like this was something that wasn’t going to be too much of a departure from who I am.
- 2/22/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Getting your directorial debut seen isn’t always easy, but it doesn’t hurt if your name is Idris Elba. The actor has gone behind the camera to make his first movie and has earned the blessing of the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival programmers, where the movie has screened. Now it’s going from the festival circuit to the multiplex, and the first taste has landed.
Based on the book by Victor Headley, “Yardie” follows a young man from Kingston, Jamaica, who looks to leave his troubled past behind in London.
Based on the book by Victor Headley, “Yardie” follows a young man from Kingston, Jamaica, who looks to leave his troubled past behind in London.
- 2/22/2018
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Author: Zehra Phelan
Studiocanal have released the first look teaser trailer from Idris ‘fingers in many pies’ Elba’s directorial debut Yardie.
Elba caused a little bit of a meltdown on the streets of London while filming took place Yardie after put out an open casting call on social media for extras causing Police to shut down the filming to send people home after overcrowding.
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Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the same name, Yardie follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
The film stars Aml Ameen, Sheldon Shepherd,...
Studiocanal have released the first look teaser trailer from Idris ‘fingers in many pies’ Elba’s directorial debut Yardie.
Elba caused a little bit of a meltdown on the streets of London while filming took place Yardie after put out an open casting call on social media for extras causing Police to shut down the filming to send people home after overcrowding.
Related: Check out which Disney classic Paddington’s Paul King is directing next
Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the same name, Yardie follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ (Aml Ameen) who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones.
The film stars Aml Ameen, Sheldon Shepherd,...
- 2/22/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Now that he’s become a filmmaker in his own right, Idris Elba is also a fiancé: The actor-turned-director proposed to his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre during a preview screening of his new film “Yardie” in London. Watch below.
The two met while Elba was filming “The Mountain Between Us,” a romantic drama co-starring Kate Winslet and a scene-stealing dog. “Yardie,” which premiered at Sundance last month, is an adaptation of Victor Headley’s novel of the same name. IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote in his review that the “flat and formulaic crime yarn has all sorts of flaws — woefully under-developed characters, a stilted pace, dull bursts of violence, and so on — but all of those problems pale in comparison to the fact that roughly 40% of the movie is unintelligible.”
Elba is 45, Dohwre 29. He has a son named Winston who was born in 2014.
The two met while Elba was filming “The Mountain Between Us,” a romantic drama co-starring Kate Winslet and a scene-stealing dog. “Yardie,” which premiered at Sundance last month, is an adaptation of Victor Headley’s novel of the same name. IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote in his review that the “flat and formulaic crime yarn has all sorts of flaws — woefully under-developed characters, a stilted pace, dull bursts of violence, and so on — but all of those problems pale in comparison to the fact that roughly 40% of the movie is unintelligible.”
Elba is 45, Dohwre 29. He has a son named Winston who was born in 2014.
- 2/10/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Adapted from Victor Headley’s 1992 novel, Yardie marks Idris Elba’s feature directorial debut. Beginning in 1968, when young D (Aml Ameen) witnesses the killing of his brother, the film’s action begins a few years later, when he’s now part of the trade that claimed his sibling’s life. Not only is D in deep, he starts seeing his brother’s ghost, and thoughts of vengeance aren’t far behind. Editor Justine Wright explains the difficulties of cutting together some of the film’s sprawling scenes and whittling down an initial assembly cut of two and a half hours. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up […]...
- 1/30/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
It’s easy enough to understand why Idris Elba would choose to make “Yardie” for his directorial debut. For one thing, it’s the kind of story that seems pretty hard to mess up: Adapted from Victor Headley’s 1992 novel of the same name, “Yardie” is a nuts-and-bolts revenge saga about a young Jamaican kid who survives the gang warfare in his home country, grows up to be a low-level hood, and then traffics a brick of coke to London with the ulterior motive of finding the man who killed his brother. Borrowing heavily from the likes of “City of God,” “Goodfellas,” and “Layer Cake,” it’s a premise so familiar that even a first-time filmmaker should be able to wrangle it into decent shape. And yet…
And yet it’s hard to understand virtually anything else about “Yardie.” Literally. This flat and formulaic crime yarn has all sorts of flaws — woefully under-developed characters,...
And yet it’s hard to understand virtually anything else about “Yardie.” Literally. This flat and formulaic crime yarn has all sorts of flaws — woefully under-developed characters,...
- 1/27/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
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