Idris Elba (Hobbs & Shaw, The Suicide Squad) stars in the upcoming pulse-pounding thriller about a father and his daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator.
Elba stars as Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed father who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a trip with his daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley, “Russian Doll”, Maleficent), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing turns into a fight for survival when a lion begins hunting them.
Iyana Halley (The Hate U Give, This is Us series) plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter, Meredith, with Leah Sava Jeffries (Rel series, Empire series) in the role of his 13-year-old daughter, Norah.
From filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, the director of Everest and Universal Pictures’ 2 Guns and Contraband, Beast is produced by Will Packer (Girls Trip, the Ride Along franchise, Night School, No Good Deed) and president of Will Packer Productions. The film is written by Ryan Engle (Rampage, Non-Stop), and based on an original story by Jaime Primak Sullivan wo executive produces along with Jaime Primak Sullivan and Bernard Bellew.
Universal Pictures will unleash Beast in theaters on August 19, 2022.
