Hot off the billion-dollar success of “Black Panther,” Michael B. Jordan is on board to produce the World War II action-drama “The Liberators[/link]” through his Outlier Society Productions and with Safehouse Pictures.
It’s not yet been determined if Jordan will also star. The project is based on a spec script written by Madison Turner and tells the story of the 761st regiment in World War II, an entirely African-American combat unit whose heroism led to the desegregation of the armed forces.
Along with Jordan, producers are Safehouse Pictures’ Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold, and Outlier Society Production’s Alana Mayo. Safehouse’s Matt Schwartz will executive produce.
Warner Bros. finalized the deal for the script package late last week in a highly competitive situation after Safehouse brought the spec script to Outlier. Niija Kuykendall is overseeing for the studio.
Jordan’s credits include “Black Panther” as the villain Eric Killmonger,...
It’s not yet been determined if Jordan will also star. The project is based on a spec script written by Madison Turner and tells the story of the 761st regiment in World War II, an entirely African-American combat unit whose heroism led to the desegregation of the armed forces.
Along with Jordan, producers are Safehouse Pictures’ Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold, and Outlier Society Production’s Alana Mayo. Safehouse’s Matt Schwartz will executive produce.
Warner Bros. finalized the deal for the script package late last week in a highly competitive situation after Safehouse brought the spec script to Outlier. Niija Kuykendall is overseeing for the studio.
Jordan’s credits include “Black Panther” as the villain Eric Killmonger,...
- 3/19/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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