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Beast trailer pits Idris Elba against a bloodthirsty lion

May 25, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Beast, the upcoming survival thriller from director Baltasar Kormákur which stars Idris Elba, Iyana Halley and Leah Sava Jeffries as a father and his two teenage daughters who come under attack from a vengeful lion during a long-planned family trip to South Africa. Check it out here…

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Idris Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley, Russian Doll series, Maleficent), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them.

Beast arrives in cinemas on August 19th.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Baltasar Kormakur, Beast, Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, Sharlto Copley

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick is Executive Editor of Flickering Myth, responsible for overseeing editorial coverage across film, television and pop culture.

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