The Strangers Things star spoke to CinemaBlend about working with Idris Elba on the Netflix hit.

The 19-year-old actor leads his first film with Idris Elba in Concrete Cowboy.

Hot off his villainous turn in Hobbs and Shaw, Idris Elba has signed on for the indie movie Concrete Cowboys alongside rising stars Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things) and Jharrel Jerome, the latter of whom is currently up for an Emmy for his devastating turn in When They See Us. Ricky Staub is directing from a script he co-wrote with Dan Walser, and production is already under way. According to Deadline, McLaughlin will play a teen who's taken to live with his estranged father (Elba) in North Philadelphia, where he discovers the city’s vibrant urban cowboy subculture, which …

Focus Features' president of production Josh McLaughlin has exited his post to become a producer, Collider has exclusively learned, and sources say he's getting a first-look production deal with the studio. I'm told that there are no immediate plans to replace McLaughlin, and that Focus president Robert Walak will continue to oversee both production and acquisitions for the studio. McLaughlin was named president of production in May 2017, when he replaced Jim Burke, who also yearned to return to his previous role as producer and received a first-look deal at Focus. McLaughlin was the executive who …