Idris Elba’s Concrete Cowboys to debut on Netflix in April

Netflix has launched that Idris Elba-starrer Concrete Cowboys will launch on its platform on April 2. The Western drama, which moreover choices Stranger Points star Caleb McLaughlin and actor Jharrel Jerome, was acquired by the streamer in October 2020.

Elba, recognized for motion pictures equal to Thor, Molly’s Recreation and Beasts of No Nation, shared the knowledge in a publish on Twitter on Monday.

“‘Concrete Cowboy’ coming to Netflix April 2. You are who you ride with @strongblacklead @NetflixFilm #concretecowboynetflix,” he wrote alongside the film’s poster.

Concrete Cowboy coming to Netflix April 2. You may be who you journey with ????????@strongblacklead @NetflixFilm #concretecowboynetflix pic.twitter.com/GqZyZwTlwS

— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 8, 2021

Based mostly totally on the novel Ghetto Cowboy by creator Greg Neri, the film marks the directorial debut of Ricky Staub, who has moreover penned the screenplay with Dan Walser.

It follows 15-year-old Cole (McLaughlin), who's taken to remain alongside along with his estranged father Harp (Elba) in North Philadelphia, the place he discovers city’s vibrant metropolis cowboy subculture, which prospers whatever the encompassing poverty, violence, and encroachment of gentrification.

The film, which had its world premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Film Pageant in September 2020, has been produced by Lee Daniels Leisure in collaboration with Tucker Tooley Leisure and Elba’s Inexperienced Door Footage.