As far as taking their first serious swing at awards season contention goes, Netflix couldn’t ask for a better vehicle. Bringing together charged subject matter with one of the best actors in the game, guided by a director running on a hot a streak, all the ingredients are there for "Beasts Of No Nation" to come hard this fall.
Idris Elba stars in the Cary Fukunaga ("Sin Nombre," "Jane Eyre," "True Detective") directed movie, based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala, that takes viewers into the world child soldiers, and the ruthless leaders who watch over them. Here’s the official logline: After his parents are killed, a young African boy is forced to become a child soldier in a rebel army led by a brutal commandant.
Check out the new posters below. "Beasts Of No Nation" opens in limited release and hits Netflix on October 16th.
