Having done over 5 films last year (Daddy's Little Girls, 28 Weeks Later, The Reaping, American Gangster, and This Christmas), Idris Elba certainly worked hard for his money, and this year is no different. Coming up for Elba is a detective role in the remake of the 1980 slasher film that starred Jamie Lee Curtis, 'Prom Night'.

Also featured in the film are Brittany Snow, Dana Davis, Jessica Troup, Scott Porter, Collins Pennie, Kelly Blatz, Jonathan Schaech, Jessalyn Gilsig, Kellan Lutz, and Craig Susser.

Donna's (Snow) senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible... the man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive their Prom Night.

In an interview Elba did with writer Fred Topel for Rotten Tomatoes, Elba said that instead of one slash-fest, this "Prom Night" has two, and his character has to investigate both. "This is the second time he's going to go through this whole thing," said Elba. "Some of it's in flashbacks, so I really wanted to show the difference of confidence that's been taken away from a detective that has to deal with multiple homicides."

Screen Gems will release the film in April 2008.