Idris Elba is set to team up with Deadpool 2 and Bullet Train director David Leitch for a new spy thriller film at Netflix titled Bang! Based on the comic series by Matt Kindt and Wilfredo Torres, the story of Bang! centers around a terrorist cult that brainwashes its readers with a series of novels, kickstarting an apocalypse. This prompts the world’s most celebrated spy to be sent to track down and kill the author responsible.
Now, it's been reported by THR that Elba will play a starring role in Bang!, which is currently in development at Netflix with Leitch attached to helm the project. The feature adaptation will see original comic book writer Kindt co-pen the screenplay with Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train). The announcement arrives as a part of a new, multi-year creative partnership between Netflix and Dark Horse Entertainment. The film will be produced by Dark Horse's Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg (The Umbrella Academy), along with Leitch and Kelly McCormick for 87 North. Elba is also set to hop onboard as co-producer for the project.
Bang! marks Elba and Leitch's first collaboration since 2018's Fast & Furious spinoff film Hobbs & Shaw, in which Elba played the charismatic main villain Braxton Lore. With the addition of films like James Gunn's The Suicide Squad and the 2021 Western The Harder They Fall, the British actor has shown a keen interest in appearing in action-packed projects in recent years. It seems that Bang! will most definitely continue that trend, with filmmaker and former stuntman Leitch proving to be an influential modern-day action director. With the talent on display on both sides of the camera, Bang! promises a cinematic treat for audiences when the film eventually drops on Netflix.
Source: THR