Judas and the Black Messiah - Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Dominique Fishback

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Jesse Plemons & ‘The Deuce’ Actress Dominique Fishback Join Daniel Kaluuya & Lakeith Stanfield In WB’s Black Panthers Pic ‘Jesus Was My Homeboy’

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Plemons (The Post) and The Deuce actress Dominique Fishback are joining Warner Bros’ and MACRO’s anticipated Black Panthers pic Jesus Was My Homeboy, starring Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta).

The Ryan Coogler-produced film will follow the rise and untimely demise of iconic Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton (Kaluuya) as seen through the eyes of William O’Neal (Stanfield), the man who betrayed him to the FBI. It will explore how the FBI infiltrated the Black Panthers, the psychology of their informant and the notorious assassination of the young political leader who died aged only 21. Production is due to start in mid-late October.

Fishback, the female lead, will play Hampton’s lover Deborah Johnson, the mother of activist Fred Hampton Jr. Plemons will star as Roy Mitchell, one of the primary FBI agents assigned to pursue Hampton and get intelligence from O’Neal.

Black Panther director Coogler and Charles D. King’s (Mudbound) MACRO are producing with finance coming from Macro and Warner Bros. Shaka King (Newlyweeds) will direct and also produce from a script he wrote with Will Berson (Sea Oak).

Plemons, well known for TV roles in Black Mirror, Fargo and Friday Night Lights, and movies Game Night, The Post and Vice, will next be seen in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking Of Ending Things and Disney’s Jungle Cruise.

Rising actress Fishback will next star as the female lead opposite Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Netflix’s sci-fi feature Power. She recently appeared in Fox 2000’s The Hate You Give and Jordana Spiro’s indie drama Night Comes On, which won the NEXT Innovator award at Sundance 2018 and the jury prize at Deauville. She also starred in HBO’s The Deuce and Random Acts of Flyness.

Plemons is repped by TalentWorks and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman. Fishback is repped by UTA, Management 360 and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.

- Deadline

[Falaskan]

“Was” not “is?”

[Gacivory]

Real excited for this!

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Originally Posted by Falaskan

“Was” not “is?”

I'm not sure. I'm getting conflicting accounts from different websites. But, the one I see the most is "was." IMDb says "is."

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‘Moonlight’ & ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ Star Ashton Sanders In Talks To Join ‘Jesus Was My Homeboy’ With Daniel Kaluuya & Lakeith Stanfield

Deadline

[puddy77]

https://youtu.be/sSjtGqRXQ9Y

[Mandalorian]

Holy shit

[Chumley]

Wow. That looks ... wow.

[DanTheMan]

Attention grabbing trailer. Definitely on my radar now.

[Foggy]

Looks pretty badass.

[Koller70]

I still think Kaluuya, Stanfield, and the entire film will be snubbed like Queen and Slim, good movie but not enough for awards season conversation.

[olivasauce]

That looks really good. Daniel Kaluuya looking like a great and powerful performance. I also always like Lakeith so I’m hoping this one lives up to the trailer.

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Originally Posted by Koller70

I still think Kaluuya, Stanfield, and the entire film will be snubbed like Queen and Slim, good movie but not enough for awards season conversation.

I think trying to make awards season predictions is foolish at this point. First, there is a real chance the Oscars are delayed again and 2020/2021 eligibility is fully combined, but also assuming they hold to their current plan of releases eligibile until February, we might see a lot of films which would be fringe players most years become major contenders due to lack of competition with so many productions and releases being delayed.

[dancerslegs]

Not optimistic that this won't prove to be yet another "Hollywood sanitized" view of a politically-incendiary subject. (Another Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song this likely won't be.)

However, I'm hoping to be proven wrong, considering that this is an important story to tell, perhaps now more than ever.

[Creed]

Coming to theaters and HBO MAX, February 12th, 2021, for 2021 Awards Season

[Himmel]

http://youtu.be/6ivHf4ODMi4

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So far, early buzz for the film has been largely positive.

[Foggy]

This is looking like a last minute Awards curveball going from reviews.

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Metacritic

[craigbarr2003]

I think it was really solid. Stanfield is very good, as is Kaluuya, though I have a little (non-performance) based issue with his casting. But I understand why they did it.