Los Angeles: British star Idris Elba is set to headline the series adaptation of Things Fall Apart, the debut novel of popular Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. According to entertainment news outlet Variety, Elba will also produce the project through his production banner 22Summers. Actor David Oyelowo's Yoruba Saxon will be the executive producer.

British actor Idris Elba is set to lead the upcoming television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, “Things Fall Apart,” with production under the A24 studio. Idris will not only star as Okonkwo,

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

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 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 ...

A TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is in development at A24 with Idris Elba attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned exclusively. No writer is currently attached to the project,

Idris Elba is attached to star in and executive produce A24's television adaptation of a massively influential 20th-century African novel.