Actor, producer, director and musician Idris Elba has signed a first look deal with Apple through his production company, Green Door Pictures. Under this agreement, Elba will produce series and featured programming for Apple TV+.
Elba is just the latest big name star to go into businesses with Apple TV+. Recently, Oprah Winfrey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have partnered with the streaming platform. More recently, former NBA MVP Kevin Durant signed on to produce a new series for the platform called Swagger starring O’Shea Jackson Jr.
Prior to landing at Apple, Elba and Green Door Pictures did work with Netflix. Most recently, Elba helped produced Turn Up Charlie at Netflix. Unfortunately, it was cancelled after just one season. In addition, Green Door Pictures has produced short-form projects such as 5×5 and The Idris Takeover. Currently, the production company is working on the feature film, Concrete Cowboy.