Idris Elba as Nathan in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
Predator and prey will do battle once more this summer in Universal’s survival horror movie Beast, pitting Idris Elba up against a hungry lion and releasing into theaters on August 19.
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Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Adrift) directed Beast for Universal Pictures. Based on an idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, Ryan Engle (Rampage) wrote the script.
In Beast, “A recently widowed man (Idris Elba) and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.”
Here’s a longer plot synopsis for the film:
“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), 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. Iyana Halley plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter, Meredith, and Leah Sava Jeffries plays his 13-year-old, Norah.”
(from left) Meredith Samuels (Iyana Halley) and Norah Samuels (Leah Jeffries) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Meredith Samuels (Iyana Halley) and Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.Idris Elba as Nathan in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Nathan (Idris Elba), Martin (Sharlto Copley), Mare (Iyana Halley) and Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries) and Nathan (Idris Elba) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Norah Samuels (Leah Jeffries), Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) and Meredith Samuels (Iyana Halley) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.Sharlto Copley as Martin Battles in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Meredith Samuels (Iyana Halley), Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) and Norah Samuels (Leah Jeffries) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley), Meredith Samuels (Iyana Halley), Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) and Norah Samuels (Leah Jeffries) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Meredith Samuels (Iyana Halley) and Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.(from left) Idris Elba and director Baltasar Kormákur on the set of Beast.from left) Idris Elba and producer Will Packer on the set of Beast.Director Baltasar Kormákur on the set of Beast.(from left) Producer Will Packer and Sharlto Copley on the set of Beast.(from left) Producer Will Packer and Leah Jeffries on the set of Beast.Director Baltasar Kormákur on the set of Beast.Director Baltasar Kormákur on the set of Beast.Leah Jeffries as Norah Samuels in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
