Golden Globe winner Idris Elba is set to star in Universal's survival thriller Beast, which will find him running from a killer lion. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, reporting that Baltasar Kormakur (Everest) will direct from a script by Ryan Engle (Rampage) that was based on an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, who will serve as an executive producer on the project. Will Packer and James Lopez will produce via Packer's eponymous company, while Kormakur will produce through his RVK Studios. Universal executives Matt Reilly and Tony Ducret will oversee the project, which doubles as a …