Beasts of No Nation

Review: Beasts of No Nation (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After his family is slaughtered in the chaos of a West African civil war, a young boy named Agu (Abraham Attah) falls under the sway of a mercenary leader known only as The Commandant (Idris Elba) and becomes a...

Idris Elba arms his family in the new trailer for Beasts of No Nation

Posted 11 years ago

BEASTS OF NO NATION marks the latest film written and directed by Emmy Award winner Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) that stars the ever charismatic Idris Elba. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala, NATION brings to...

See the different sides of Idris Elba in these Beasts of No Nation posters

Posted 11 years ago

BEASTS OF NO NATION is a drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. As you can see below, the film stars Idris Elba as Commandant, a warlord...

Idris Elba commands the screen and armies in the Beasts of No Nation trailer

Posted 11 years ago

BEASTS OF NO NATION is based on the novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala, bringing to life the gripping tale of Agu, a child soldier torn from his family to fight in the civil war of an African country. Directed...

Netflix dates its first run of films; Beasts of No Nation, Pee-wee & more

Posted 11 years ago

Netflix scooping up the rights to Cary Fukunaga's (True Detective) BEASTS OF NO NATION was a big turn in regards to feature-film distribution, and that was just the beginning. We've known about several of Netflix's film projects for some time...

Cary Fukunaga talks Beasts of No Nation, True Detective, and It

Posted 11 years ago

It's the hope of Cary Fukunaga that despite BEASTS OF NO NATION being released on Netflix, people will still make the effort to see it and films like it in theaters; however he also acknowledged that the Netflix release will...

Theater chains to boycott Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation

Posted 11 years ago

Earlier in the week Netflix purchased the rights to Cary Fukunaga’s BEASTS OF NO NATION for $12 million and announced their intentions to release the film theatrically as well as on their streaming service on the same day. Theater exhibitors...

Netflix purchases Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba

Posted 11 years ago

Remember Qwikster? Back in 2011 Netflix announced plans to split their service in two; Netflix itself would focus entirely on streaming content while Qwikster would handle the Netflix subscribers who wanted their DVD’s by mail. In less than a month...

First image from Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation with Idris Elba

Posted 12 years ago

While TRUE DETECTIVE fans fervently await the upcoming second season of the acclaimed HBO anthology series, they also can look forward to following the projects from their new favorite writer and director, Nic Pizzolatto and Cary Fukunaga. While Pizzolatto is...

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