{"id":71543,"date":"2015-03-24T23:35:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T23:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2015\/03\/24\/idris-elba-replaces-jamie-foxx-in-harmony-korines-the-trap\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:47:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:47:34","slug":"idris-elba-replaces-jamie-foxx-in-harmony-korines-the-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/idris-elba-replaces-jamie-foxx-in-harmony-korines-the-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba Replaces Jamie Foxx In Harmony Korine’s The Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idris Elba Replaces Jamie Foxx In Harmony Korine’s The Trap<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 24, 2015<\/p>\n

Source: THR<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Idris<\/a><\/p>\n

According to THR,\u00a0Idris Elba<\/strong>\u00a0is replacing Jamie Foxx\u00a0to star in writer-director <\/span>Harmony Korine<\/strong>‘s latest film, <\/span>The Trap<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The site also states that\u00a0Al Pacino<\/strong>,\u00a0James Franco<\/strong>, and\u00a0Robert Pattinson<\/strong>\u00a0also in final talks to join Elba and\u00a0Benicio Del Toro in\u00a0<\/strong>the cast<\/p>\n

The crime thriller\u00a0will follow two very different childhood friends. One is very successful and the other has spent most of his life a convict.\u00a0On the eve of a big recognition for the later, the other is released from jail and determined to get even.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elba will play a gangster rap artist named Rico who is at the top of his career when Slim (Del Toro), his best friend who took the fall for him for a robbery, is released from prison after 14 years. Now on the outside, Slim is determined to exact revenge on his adversary, who not only achieved fame and fortune but also married Slim\u2019s ex-girlfriend and has raised Slim\u2019s son as his own.<\/p>\n

\"Harmony<\/a><\/p>\n

Slim’s plot includes recruiting a crew of Uzi-weilding surfers led by Max (Pattinson), as well as enlisting the help of Rico’s cocaine-happy manager (Franco). Pacino\u00a0will play Slim’s parole officer.<\/p>\n

John Lesher\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Charles-Marie Anthonioz<\/strong>\u00a0are producing the film, which is slated to shoot later this year.<\/p>\n

Korine, who directed last year’s Spring Breakers<\/strong>,\u00a0is known for his oddball indie films such as \u00a0Julien Donkey-Boy<\/b>,\u00a0Gummo<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Trash Humpers.<\/b><\/p>\n

Elba can currently be seen in “The Gunman” opposite Sean Penn. He will next be seen\u00a0next in theaters with “Avengers: Age of Ultron”\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(May 1), followed by a starring role in the African war drama “Beasts of No Nation<\/strong>,” which was recently acquired by Netflix and is slated to debut on the streaming service and in select theaters this fall.<\/p>\n

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