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Ashton Sanders has been cast as Bobby Brown in the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Deadline reports. Kasi Lemmons will direct the biopic from a screenplay written by Anthony McCarten. It was previously reproted that British actress Naomi Ackie will play Houston. The film will be produced by McCarten’s Muse of Fire Productions, Pat Houston […]
Deadline has learned that Ashton Sanders is in talks to the cast of Jesus Was My Homeboy, starring Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, and Jesse Plemons. Jesus Was My Homeboy tells the story of Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton, played by Kaluuya, as seen through the eyes of FBI informant William O’Neal, who will be portrayed by Stanfield. The film will delve into how the FBI infiltrated […]
One of the more surprising announcements to come from this year’s Sundance Film Festival was that HBO purchased A24’s Native Son, a reimagining of Richard Wright’s 1940 book. Visual artist Rashid Johnson was at the helm for his first film, and it stars Ashton Sanders (of Moonlight fame), as well as Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk), […]
HBO has picked up the film adaptation of Richard Wright’s seminal novel Native Son. The deal was confirmed by Deadline on Thursday night, shortly before the movie’s premiere at Sundance. Visual artist Rashid Johnson directed the drama, which has been described as a “modern re-imagining” of Wright’s 1940 book. Native Son will star Ashton Sanders (Moonlight) as Bigger […]
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