Michael Jordan Biopic In The Works

Idris Elba

Idris Elba (Stringer Bell from The Wire) is planning to shoot a biopic on basketball great Michael Jordan and recently spoke with IGN about it. During a press junket for “RocknRolla,” Elba told IGN that he is currently trying to make that happen.

“I am trying to make that happen,” he explained. “Michael is a very private guy, but we’re working at it slowly. The film that I’m trying to make isn’t about the actual basketball, it’s about the business. Michael Jordan is such a big international brand - how do you make that happen? How do you make that happen as a sports star? The brand has done so well for years.”

Elba will direct the film and may star in it as well.

Guy Ritchie’s “RockNRolla” TV Spots and Sequel Planning News

Two TV spots for the upcoming Guy Ritchie film “RockNRolla” has been released, closely resembling his previous great movies “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch.”

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Guy today revealed that he is ready to start making a sequel to his new movie “RocknRolla.”

The director has finished writing the second film in a planned trilogy, but he fears that his hard work will go to waste if the original movie flops at the box office.

Speaking about his sequel plans, Ritchie confirmed:

“I’ve written one. So people better go see it. It’ll allow me to make the next one.”

In “RockNRolla,” London’s criminal underworld takes notice of a Russian mobster’s shady land deal, a scam that puts millions of dollars up for grabs. Butler stars as One Two, a street-smart mobster who has learned to play both sides of the fence. Tom Wilkinson is the lethal head mobster, Lenny Cole, part of London’s old mob regime, which is quickly losing ground to the wealthier foreign mob. Newton acts as One Two’s love interest, Stella, an accountant with ties to the underworld, and Elba acts as Mumbles, One Two’s partner. Read the rest of this entry

Guy Ritchie’s “RockNRolla” Photo Gallery

Today we have lots of new photos from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming film “RocknRolla.”

The film stars Gerard Butler (300), Thandie Newton, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba and Tom Wilkinson.

When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London’s criminal underworld wants in on the action. Everyone from a dangerous crime lord to a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and down-on-their-luck petty thieves conspire, collude and collide with one another in an effort to get rich quick.

Newton acts as One Two’s love interest, Stella, an accountant with ties to the underworld, and Elba acts as Mumbles, One Two’s partner. Bridges is playing Roman, an American trying to break into the music scene in London. Read the rest of this entry