Idris Elba To Star In & Direct Action-Comedy ‘In Laws’; A Higher Standard Launching For AFM

Idris Elba will star in and direct the action-comedy *In Laws*, which production and sales company A Higher Standard is taking to the American Film Market. Filming is scheduled to begin in Spain in March 2027, with further casting under way.

Elba plays Carson Hughes, a blacklisted secret agent seeking redemption who must work with a by-the-book rookie to stop a deadly plot. Their race against time is complicated by a wedding neither can miss. Elba will also produce with Gina Carter; A Higher Standard is handling worldwide sales, and the screenplay is by Jeffrey Greenstein and Eshom and Ian Nelms, based on an original script by Adrian Speckhert and Cory Hughes.