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Netflix bought distribution rights for 'Beasts of No Nation ' for £7.8million . The film 's producers believe it will reach a much bigger audience online . But America 's four biggest theatre chains refusing to screen the movie . British star Idris Elba plays warlord in an unnamed west-African country . He is currently in London filming fourth series of award-winning Luther .