What is Beast (2022 American movie)?
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox movie | name = Beast | image = | caption = | director = [[Baltasar Kormákur]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * James Lopez * [[Will Packer]] * [[Jaime Primak Sullivan]] }} | screenplay = Ryan Engle | story = [[Jaime Primak Sullivan]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Idris Elba]] * [[Sharlto Copley]] * Iyana Halley * Leah Sava Jeffries * [[Riley Keough]] }} | music = | cinematography = [[Philippe Rousselot]] | editing = | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[Will Packer Productions]] * [[RVK Studios]] }} | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = {{Movie date|2022|8|19}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English }} '''''Beast''''' is a 2022 American survival [[thriller movie|thriller]] movie directed by [[Baltasar Kormákur]] from a screenplay by Ryan Engle. It is based on a story by [[Jaime Primak Sullivan]]. The movie stars [[Idris Elba]], [[Sharlto Copley]], Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, and [[Riley Keough]]. Recently widowed Dr. Nate Samuels and his two teenage daughters travel to a South African game reserve managed by Martin Battles, an old family friend and wildlife biologist. However, what begins as a journey of healing soon turns into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of bloodthirsty poachers, begins stalking them. ''Beast'' was released in the United States on August 19, 2022, by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=May 18, 2021 |title=Universal Dates Idris Elba Thriller 'Beast' For Summer 2022 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/universal-dates-idris-elba-thriller-beast-for-summer-2022-1234759681/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518210301/https://deadline.com/2021/05/universal-dates-idris-elba-thriller-beast-for-summer-2022-1234759681/ |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=May 18, 2021 |website=[[Deadline H