Idris Elba is set to take on the lead role in A24's upcoming television adaptation of the seminal novel 'Things Fall Apart.'

Elba's 22Summers banner is producing, with David Oyelowo's banner Yoruba Saxon executive producing based on Chinua Acheba's 1958 book.

Pete Edochie played the lead role of 'Okonkwo' in the 1987 Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best-selling novel Things Fall Apart.

English actor, Idris Elba, is set to portray Okonkwo, the protagonist in Chinua Achebe's classic novel, Things Fall Apart, in a new TV series

Idris Elba is attached to star in a television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, which is being developed by A24. Things Fall Apart was published in 1958. The widely-beloved novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of a group of people ...

British actor Idris Elba and Gina Carter are both the executive producers of the upcoming series under their newly launched production company “22Summers,” David Oyelowo and Amanda N’duka will be executive producers through Yoruba Saxon, and Ben Forkner, Achebe Masterworks, and Dayo Ogunyemi are also executive producers.

Idris Elba is set to star in A24's television adaptation of Chinua Achebe's acclaimed novel Things Fall Apart, where he will portray Okonkwo.

Idris Elba has joined the cast of the A24 TV series 'Things Fall Apart,' Elba is also set to executive produce on the project.