Idris Elba’s New MI6 Spy Series Officially Arrives in 2027

Idris Elba is one of the biggest movie stars in the world, and although he likely won’t get the chance to play the next James Bond, he still has plenty of things in the works to be excited about. Earlier this year, Elba starred in Masters of the Universe for Amazon MGM, and while the movie never got off the ground at the box office, it has since become one of the most-watched films of the entire year on Prime Video. In just a few weeks, Elba will return to the big screen with the release of his new sci-fi thriller, Above the Below, which is set to hit theaters on December 4. He also has three new projects on the schedule for 2027, starting with Children of Blood and Bone, the fantasy movie that opens on January 15.

Just two months after the release of Children of Blood and Bone, Idris Elba will reprise his role as Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 4, which is launching around the world on March 19. There’s also his new animated movie, High in the Clouds, which is confirmed for a 2027 premiere but still lacking an official date. However, launching just two months after Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is Elba’s new MI6 spy thriller, Exiles, a new book he wrote with bestselling author Adam Hamdy. Executive Editor Julian Pavia has already acquired the rights to three books in this new series, which kicks off in May 2027. The first book, published as a Bantam hardcover, follows Joe Kane, an MI6 field operative tasked with handling some of the agency’s most complex and dangerous missions. An audiobook version will be released at the same time.

• He reads ground the way other people read a room.
• He will stand between you and the worst of it without discussing it.
• He says almost nothing, and never the wrong thing.

• The 1982 original came from David Morrell’s 1972 novel, which ends very differently.
• Stallone cut most of his own dialogue in the edit to make the character nearly silent.
• Five films across thirty-seven years, from 1982 to the fifth in 2019.

• He is better in the room than he is on paper, and he is excellent on paper.
• He will not explain the plan, and the plan will work.
• He treats charm as a tool, and it is a remarkably effective one.

• Eon has made twenty-five Bond films since Dr. No in 1962, across six actors.
• Denis Villeneuve is directing the next one for Amazon MGM, which took creative control in
  2025.
• The search for the new 007 was still running through 2026, with screen tests under way.

• He has read the thing nobody else thought to read.
• He will risk the whole plan for the artifact, and be right about half the time.
• He improvises better than most people prepare.

• The Cairo swordsman scene was improvised on the day because Harrison Ford had dysentery.
• Raiders was filmed in about 73 days, which was fast even in 1981.
• Dial of Destiny in 2023 was Ford’s fifth and last outing, at the age of eighty.

• He turns whatever is in the room to his advantage.
• He is funniest when things are at their worst.
• He has never once agreed that it is over.

• Die Hard came from Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever, a sequel to a book
  filmed in 1968.
• Nakatomi Plaza is Fox Plaza, which was the studio’s own headquarters at the time.
• Bruce Willis was a television comedy actor then, and a long way down the casting list.

• He takes the risk himself rather than assigning it.
• He is three moves ahead and will not say which three.
• He treats your survival as the actual objective.

• Cruise hung off the side of an Airbus A400M at a thousand feet for the opening of Rogue
  Nation.
• The HALO jump in Fallout took 106 takes, filmed at dusk for the light.
• The Final Reckoning in 2025 was the eighth film, and was sold as the last.

Idris Elba Has Two Other Projects To Be Excited About

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In addition to all the aforementioned projects, Idris Elba will also star alongside Chris Hemsworth in a third Extraction movie in the works at Netflix. The movie has already wrapped filming and is expected to be released later in 2027. Elba is also reprising his role as John Luther in a new Luther movie that’s wrapped filming as well, but the film is still without a release date or window. The movie will also see the return of Ruth Wilson, the beloved Luther veteran who was left out of the first film, Luther: The Fallen Sun.

Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Idris Elba’s future projects.