ABC Owned Television Stations has partnered with Participant to produce the special “Our America: A Year of Activism,” which will stream beginning May 25 and feature three roundtable discussions of activism following the murder a year ago of George Floyd.
Prominent artists, activists and journalists featured in the discussions include Fred Hampton Jr., filmmaker Steve James, Ai-jen Poo, April Reign, ESPN senior writer Jesse Washington, Jimmie Briggs, Fredrika Newton, Marshall Hatch Jr., Steve James, Dr. Shamell Bell and Xaiver Brown.
ABC stations race and culture journalists Will Jones, TaRhonda Thomas and Julian Glover will moderating the panel discussions. Topics of the panels center on intergenerational activism, multiracial solidarity and media framing of racial justice issues, respectively.
“Our America: A Year of Activism” will stream on news apps for ABC stations ABC7/Wabc-tv New York, ABC7/Kabc-tv Los Angeles , ABC7/Wls-tv Chicago, 6Abc/Wpvi-tv Philadelphia, ABC7/Kgo-tv San Francisco, ABC13/Ktrk-tv Houston,...
Prominent artists, activists and journalists featured in the discussions include Fred Hampton Jr., filmmaker Steve James, Ai-jen Poo, April Reign, ESPN senior writer Jesse Washington, Jimmie Briggs, Fredrika Newton, Marshall Hatch Jr., Steve James, Dr. Shamell Bell and Xaiver Brown.
ABC stations race and culture journalists Will Jones, TaRhonda Thomas and Julian Glover will moderating the panel discussions. Topics of the panels center on intergenerational activism, multiracial solidarity and media framing of racial justice issues, respectively.
“Our America: A Year of Activism” will stream on news apps for ABC stations ABC7/Wabc-tv New York, ABC7/Kabc-tv Los Angeles , ABC7/Wls-tv Chicago, 6Abc/Wpvi-tv Philadelphia, ABC7/Kgo-tv San Francisco, ABC13/Ktrk-tv Houston,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Daniel Kaluuya's momentous Oscars win on Sunday night was meaningful for many people, but perhaps for no one more than Fred Hampton Jr. Daniel took home the best supporting actor award for his portrayal of the activist's father in Judas and the Black Messiah, and after the show, the two were able to reunite and share an emotional moment together.
In a video captured at what appears to be an afterparty, Daniel and Fred shared a tearful embrace following Daniel's win. (Fred Jr. is the Black Panther Party leader's only child.) Fred kept his hand firmly on Daniel's shoulder as the actor wiped his eyes - likely an important evening for both men.
Daniel made sure to honor the late Fred in his acceptance speech earlier in the night, saying, "To Chairman Fred Hampton, what a man. How blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed.
In a video captured at what appears to be an afterparty, Daniel and Fred shared a tearful embrace following Daniel's win. (Fred Jr. is the Black Panther Party leader's only child.) Fred kept his hand firmly on Daniel's shoulder as the actor wiped his eyes - likely an important evening for both men.
Daniel made sure to honor the late Fred in his acceptance speech earlier in the night, saying, "To Chairman Fred Hampton, what a man. How blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed.
- 4/27/2021
- by Karenna Meredith
- Popsugar.com
Each of this year’s Best Picture nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy’s consideration. Here’s how they came together.
The Father
Playwright Florian Zeller’s The Father enjoyed several award-winning runs on the stage before it made its evolution to film, but first-time feature film director Zeller had long been imagining moving his unnerving story of a man sliding into dementia to the big screen.
“For years I was dreaming about making that film. I would say it was a profound desire,” he says. Partly what drove him was the response to the play. “That play has been staged in many countries, and I was surprised and profoundly moved to see that everywhere, the response of the audience was always the same. They were always waiting for us after every performance, just to share their own stories.”
Zeller felt that...
The Father
Playwright Florian Zeller’s The Father enjoyed several award-winning runs on the stage before it made its evolution to film, but first-time feature film director Zeller had long been imagining moving his unnerving story of a man sliding into dementia to the big screen.
“For years I was dreaming about making that film. I would say it was a profound desire,” he says. Partly what drove him was the response to the play. “That play has been staged in many countries, and I was surprised and profoundly moved to see that everywhere, the response of the audience was always the same. They were always waiting for us after every performance, just to share their own stories.”
Zeller felt that...
- 4/17/2021
- by Antonia Blyth, Joe Utichi, Mike Fleming Jr, Damon Wise and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Judas And The Black Messiah producer will create event-driven content across film, television, music podcasts.
Ryan Coogler, fellow Judas And The Black Messiah producer Zinzi Coogler, writer-producer Sev Ohanian, Oscar-winning music producer Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther), RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, and filmmaker Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room) have launched multi-media company Proximity.
Proximity’s first producer credit was on Warner Bros/HBO Max release Judas And The Black Messiah alongside MacRo, Participant Media, and Bron Creative.
The true story of FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) and Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) is in...
Ryan Coogler, fellow Judas And The Black Messiah producer Zinzi Coogler, writer-producer Sev Ohanian, Oscar-winning music producer Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther), RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, and filmmaker Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room) have launched multi-media company Proximity.
Proximity’s first producer credit was on Warner Bros/HBO Max release Judas And The Black Messiah alongside MacRo, Participant Media, and Bron Creative.
The true story of FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) and Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) is in...
- 4/15/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler, producer Zinzi Coogler and writer and producer Sev Ohanian have teamed with Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Senior VP of Marketing at RCA Records Archie Davis and Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks to launch Proximity, a new multimedia company.
“It has been a great joy to form Proximity with some of my closest loved ones and collaborators whose work and commitment to their craft I have long admired,” Ryan Coogler said in a statement announcing the launch.
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Ohanian will oversee all of Proximity’s operations. Göransson will serve as Proximity’s principal music executive, with Davis overseeing marketing, soundtrack and podcast production, and Nicks spearheading the non-fiction division of the company and directing select projects.
“It is such an honor to be working alongside my partners and friends to launch Proximity. We’re looking forward to telling meaningful stories that we...
“It has been a great joy to form Proximity with some of my closest loved ones and collaborators whose work and commitment to their craft I have long admired,” Ryan Coogler said in a statement announcing the launch.
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Ohanian will oversee all of Proximity’s operations. Göransson will serve as Proximity’s principal music executive, with Davis overseeing marketing, soundtrack and podcast production, and Nicks spearheading the non-fiction division of the company and directing select projects.
“It is such an honor to be working alongside my partners and friends to launch Proximity. We’re looking forward to telling meaningful stories that we...
- 4/15/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Proximity Media founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian (Searching) have bolstered their production banner with the addition of Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, RCA Records senior veep of marketing Archie Davis and Emmy winning filmmaker Peter Nicks.
They form an intriguing brain trust for a production company that while relatively new is fast establishing, with a Best Picture nominee in the Oscar race. That is for the company’s first production, Judas and the Black Messiah. Ryan Coogler, who has been shooting the Black Panther sequel, is a producer on Judas and Zinzi Coogler exec producer. Coogler & Coogler have made a five year exclusive Disney Television deal for Proximity media that includes bringing to Disney+ a spinoff series set in the Wakanda world that Coogler brought to life with the Best Picture-nominated global blockbuster Black Panther. The Shaka King-directed Judas And The Black Messiah is nominated for six Oscars,...
They form an intriguing brain trust for a production company that while relatively new is fast establishing, with a Best Picture nominee in the Oscar race. That is for the company’s first production, Judas and the Black Messiah. Ryan Coogler, who has been shooting the Black Panther sequel, is a producer on Judas and Zinzi Coogler exec producer. Coogler & Coogler have made a five year exclusive Disney Television deal for Proximity media that includes bringing to Disney+ a spinoff series set in the Wakanda world that Coogler brought to life with the Best Picture-nominated global blockbuster Black Panther. The Shaka King-directed Judas And The Black Messiah is nominated for six Oscars,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Somehow, writer-director Shaka King, the Lucas Brothers, and Will Berson wrote one movie, “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Disparate perspectives on Fred Hampton meant that outcome was by no means pre-ordained, but after more than eight years and countless drafts they agreed to coalesce around a single narrative so compelling that a studio would be forced to greenlight the movie.
Two powerful producers, Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther”) and Charles King (“Mudbound”), backed director Shaka King, who kept on track a complex story that kept changing, especially after two people joined the team who knew it better than anyone: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and his mother, Deborah Johnson, now known as Akua Njeri.
This collaboration yielded a film that debuted at Sundance 2021 to rave reviews, landed in theaters and HBO Max on February 12, and on March 15 earned six Oscars including Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield), Original Song,...
Two powerful producers, Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther”) and Charles King (“Mudbound”), backed director Shaka King, who kept on track a complex story that kept changing, especially after two people joined the team who knew it better than anyone: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and his mother, Deborah Johnson, now known as Akua Njeri.
This collaboration yielded a film that debuted at Sundance 2021 to rave reviews, landed in theaters and HBO Max on February 12, and on March 15 earned six Oscars including Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield), Original Song,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Somehow, writer-director Shaka King, the Lucas Brothers, and Will Berson wrote one movie, “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Disparate perspectives on Fred Hampton meant that outcome was by no means pre-ordained, but after more than eight years and countless drafts they agreed to coalesce around a single narrative so compelling that a studio would be forced to greenlight the movie.
Two powerful producers, Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther”) and Charles King (“Mudbound”), backed director Shaka King, who kept on track a complex story that kept changing, especially after two people joined the team who knew it better than anyone: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and his mother, Deborah Johnson, now known as Akua Njeri.
This collaboration yielded a film that debuted at Sundance 2021 to rave reviews, landed in theaters and HBO Max on February 12, and on March 15 earned six Oscars including Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield), Original Song,...
Two powerful producers, Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther”) and Charles King (“Mudbound”), backed director Shaka King, who kept on track a complex story that kept changing, especially after two people joined the team who knew it better than anyone: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and his mother, Deborah Johnson, now known as Akua Njeri.
This collaboration yielded a film that debuted at Sundance 2021 to rave reviews, landed in theaters and HBO Max on February 12, and on March 15 earned six Oscars including Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield), Original Song,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Shaka King‘s new film “Judas and the Black Messiah” just earned six Oscar nominations including Best Picture. King himself is nominated for Best Original Screenplay alongside Will Berson, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas.
King recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery about the research process for the film, casting Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton and how the film fits in with the current Black Lives Matter movement. Watch the exclusive interview above and read the complete transcript below.
Seeh.E.R. could follow her Grammys upset for Song of the Year with an Oscar for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Gold Derby: Was this a story that you wanted to tell onscreen for a while?
Shaka King: Actually, no. The story was really first brought to me by the Lucas brothers and I was aware of Fred Hampton. Quite honestly, I was more aware of the tragic...
King recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery about the research process for the film, casting Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton and how the film fits in with the current Black Lives Matter movement. Watch the exclusive interview above and read the complete transcript below.
Seeh.E.R. could follow her Grammys upset for Song of the Year with an Oscar for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Gold Derby: Was this a story that you wanted to tell onscreen for a while?
Shaka King: Actually, no. The story was really first brought to me by the Lucas brothers and I was aware of Fred Hampton. Quite honestly, I was more aware of the tragic...
- 3/23/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Shaka King disagreed “a bit” with Aaron Sorkin tonight about how much artistic license filmmakers should take when dealing with historic characters and events. His remarks came during the WGA West’s Beyond Words virtual panel discussion, which featured this year’s WGA Awards nominees for best original and adapted screenplays. Their exploration of truth vs. accuracy was fascinating and altogether respectful and friendly.
Sorkin’s film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and King’s Judas and The Black Messiah share a common character: Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was gunned down by police in 1969 during a pre-dawn raid at his apartment in Chicago. Hampton is the central figure in King’s film, and plays a small but important role – as Bobby Seale’s courtroom advisor – in Sorkin’s.
“For me, The Chicago Seven is a painting; it’s not a photograph,” Sorkin said. “It’s not a piece of journalism.
Sorkin’s film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and King’s Judas and The Black Messiah share a common character: Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was gunned down by police in 1969 during a pre-dawn raid at his apartment in Chicago. Hampton is the central figure in King’s film, and plays a small but important role – as Bobby Seale’s courtroom advisor – in Sorkin’s.
“For me, The Chicago Seven is a painting; it’s not a photograph,” Sorkin said. “It’s not a piece of journalism.
- 3/12/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
(Spoiler alert: This article discusses the ending of “Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Director Shaka King’s late-breaking awards hopeful “Judas and the Black Messiah” was filmed almost entirely in Cleveland with veteran cinematographer Sean Bobbitt (“12 Years a Slave”) operating the camera. Bobbitt’s framing and his penchant for real locations over backlot sets is on full display throughout the entirety of the movie, as the moving camera often travels from an exterior into an interior in one unbroken take.
But for the film’s climactic scene, the brutal assassination on December 4, 1969, of 21-year-old Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in an FBI raid, the filmmakers used a set.
Bobbitt, who spoke to TheWrap from aboard his houseboat on the River Thames, explained both the thought process and the physical demand of filming Hampton’s assassination scene.
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” co-starring Lakeith Stanfield as FBI informant William O’Neal...
Director Shaka King’s late-breaking awards hopeful “Judas and the Black Messiah” was filmed almost entirely in Cleveland with veteran cinematographer Sean Bobbitt (“12 Years a Slave”) operating the camera. Bobbitt’s framing and his penchant for real locations over backlot sets is on full display throughout the entirety of the movie, as the moving camera often travels from an exterior into an interior in one unbroken take.
But for the film’s climactic scene, the brutal assassination on December 4, 1969, of 21-year-old Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in an FBI raid, the filmmakers used a set.
Bobbitt, who spoke to TheWrap from aboard his houseboat on the River Thames, explained both the thought process and the physical demand of filming Hampton’s assassination scene.
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” co-starring Lakeith Stanfield as FBI informant William O’Neal...
- 2/26/2021
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “Judas and the Black Messiah” and stars Daniel Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
In September 2019, Fred Hampton Jr. gathered the cast of “Judas and the Black Messiah” in a house in Chicago to ask them each a very important question before taking on the life story of his father, Black Panther leader Fred Hampton: “I want to know from every one of you why you want to do this movie, and I’m going to start with you,” he said, pointing directly at Daniel Kaluuya, who was playing Hampton.
“Oh, my gosh,” Dominique Fishback — who plays Hampton’s wife — remembered thinking. “After Daniel went, Chairman Fred was like, ‘I’mma come back to you,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, Jesus.'”
It was an appropriately intense experience ahead of filming what...
In September 2019, Fred Hampton Jr. gathered the cast of “Judas and the Black Messiah” in a house in Chicago to ask them each a very important question before taking on the life story of his father, Black Panther leader Fred Hampton: “I want to know from every one of you why you want to do this movie, and I’m going to start with you,” he said, pointing directly at Daniel Kaluuya, who was playing Hampton.
“Oh, my gosh,” Dominique Fishback — who plays Hampton’s wife — remembered thinking. “After Daniel went, Chairman Fred was like, ‘I’mma come back to you,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, Jesus.'”
It was an appropriately intense experience ahead of filming what...
- 2/24/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
To capture the essence of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, “Judas and the Black Messiah” director Shaka King couldn’t just read a few history books. He had to put boots on the ground. King traveled to Chicago to speak with the real-life players from the Illinois chapter of the party and to find out what made Hampton tick from the people who knew him best.
It was more than a fact-finding mission. It was also an exercise in earning the trust of individuals whose stories had been inaccurately portrayed in the past.
“It didn’t surprise me that a lot of folks didn’t want their names on the record because they were infiltrated and people were murdered, so they’re very private people,” King explains.
“Someone who I’m not allowed to name told me this story about how Fred Hampton used to take Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
It was more than a fact-finding mission. It was also an exercise in earning the trust of individuals whose stories had been inaccurately portrayed in the past.
“It didn’t surprise me that a lot of folks didn’t want their names on the record because they were infiltrated and people were murdered, so they’re very private people,” King explains.
“Someone who I’m not allowed to name told me this story about how Fred Hampton used to take Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
- 2/19/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
“I was deeply honored and felt deeply blessed that it came my way and I’m in a position to receive it,” remembers Daniel Kaluuya about how he felt to be cast in the role of Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton in director Shaka King‘s “Judas and the Black Messiah.” By taking part in this seldom-told story about Hamtpon’s life, activism and ultimate assassination by the FBI, the actor was “aiming to be honest,” first and foremost. “I didn’t overthink it, I just stayed present and let it come through me.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Kaluuya above.
He “felt an emotional responsibility sitting down with” Hamtpon’s surviving family, including his son Fred Hampton Jr., who participated in the film as a cultural consultant. “They’re really going through this day-to-day, the repercussions of what happened almost 52 years ago. It made me show up even more,...
He “felt an emotional responsibility sitting down with” Hamtpon’s surviving family, including his son Fred Hampton Jr., who participated in the film as a cultural consultant. “They’re really going through this day-to-day, the repercussions of what happened almost 52 years ago. It made me show up even more,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Just as FBI head J. Edgar Hoover was obsessed with bringing down Martin Luther King as chronicled in the acclaimed new documentary, “MLK/FBI,” he also was determined to “neutralize” Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton whom the government agency regarded as a potential “black messiah.”
On Dec. 4, 1969, the Chicago police raided the apartment of Hampton, shooting not only him dead but also fellow Panther Mike Clark. Four other members of the Party were critically wounded. The police fired off their guns nearly 100 times. Miraculously Hampton’s finance, Deborah Johnson who was pregnant with their son, had not been shot though she was sleeping next to him. It was William O’Neal, a FBI paid informant, who had provided a map to Hampton’s apartment on West Monroe Street.
Shaka King‘s new film, “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a riveting look at Hampton, O’Neal and the FBI’s...
On Dec. 4, 1969, the Chicago police raided the apartment of Hampton, shooting not only him dead but also fellow Panther Mike Clark. Four other members of the Party were critically wounded. The police fired off their guns nearly 100 times. Miraculously Hampton’s finance, Deborah Johnson who was pregnant with their son, had not been shot though she was sleeping next to him. It was William O’Neal, a FBI paid informant, who had provided a map to Hampton’s apartment on West Monroe Street.
Shaka King‘s new film, “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a riveting look at Hampton, O’Neal and the FBI’s...
- 2/17/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Seven years ago, writer, director and producer Shaka King accepted the Film Independent Someone to Watch Award for his quirky comedic debut, Newlyweeds. After years directing shorts and episodes of TV shows Shrill, High Maintenance and People of Earth, the 40-year-old filmmaker returns to the big screen with Judas and the Black Messiah. Collaborating with producers Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King, he tackles the compelling story of how FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) infiltrated the Black Panther party and befriended Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), leading to the deputy chairman’s death in a police raid in 1969. If nominated for Best Picture, the film would be the first in the category in Academy history with all credited producers who are Black.
Deadline: It’s been over 50 years since Fred Hampton was killed, and previous attempts to tell his story have stalled in the past. What did it mean for...
Deadline: It’s been over 50 years since Fred Hampton was killed, and previous attempts to tell his story have stalled in the past. What did it mean for...
- 2/12/2021
- by Nadia Neophytou
- Deadline Film + TV
Jay-Z, fresh from his nomination to join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, shares his powerful collaboration with the late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle.
The track, “What It Feels Like,” is part of the soundtrack to Judas and the Black Messiah, which tells the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton’s assassination by the FBI. Nipsey kicks off the track with a verse about survival in the rap game, a sad foreshadowing given that he was killed in 2019. Jay-Z comes in next with a verse that calls out...
The track, “What It Feels Like,” is part of the soundtrack to Judas and the Black Messiah, which tells the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton’s assassination by the FBI. Nipsey kicks off the track with a verse about survival in the rap game, a sad foreshadowing given that he was killed in 2019. Jay-Z comes in next with a verse that calls out...
- 2/12/2021
- by Jeff Ihaza and Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of its U.S. theatrical release tomorrow, four of the cast and crew of the already critically-acclaimed Judas and the Black Messiah took part in a short Q&a session this week.
And director Shaka King, along with actors Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield and Dominique Fishback, certainly showed why their enthusiasm for the history of the Black Panther Party shone through this biopic.
Anyone who thought method acting might also be confined to a bygone era will be left to think again, as Kaluuya told of his unwavering dedication to the part of Fred Hampton – the tragic Chairman of the Black Panthers in the late 60s – a somewhat forgotten political figure at the centre of the story.
Surely one of the hardest workers in the business, Kaluuya was determined to put Hampton back on the historical map: “The lack of awareness didn’t take away from the importance of his works and his deeds.
And director Shaka King, along with actors Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield and Dominique Fishback, certainly showed why their enthusiasm for the history of the Black Panther Party shone through this biopic.
Anyone who thought method acting might also be confined to a bygone era will be left to think again, as Kaluuya told of his unwavering dedication to the part of Fred Hampton – the tragic Chairman of the Black Panthers in the late 60s – a somewhat forgotten political figure at the centre of the story.
Surely one of the hardest workers in the business, Kaluuya was determined to put Hampton back on the historical map: “The lack of awareness didn’t take away from the importance of his works and his deeds.
- 2/11/2021
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
A week after guitarist-composer H.E.R.’s era-appropriate “Fight for You” was nominated for a 2021 Golden Globes Award for best song in a motion picture, the full track list for the soundtrack to “Judas and the Black Messiah” has been revealed. “Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album” drops this Friday, Feb. 12 via the Six Course Music Group together with RCA Records.
Executive produced by Hit-Boy (who appears on the new album with “Broad Day”), director-writer Ryan Coogler, Interscope’s VP of A&r Dash Sherrod and RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, the “Inspired” package features the first-ever collaboration between the late Nipsey Hussle and today’s freshly-anointed Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee, Jay-Z, on the song, “What It Feels Like.”
In addition to Jay-Z, the Black Panther-themed, Fred Hampton biopic features a handful of legacy rappers such as Nas (with “Epmd”), Rakim (“Black Messiah”), and The...
Executive produced by Hit-Boy (who appears on the new album with “Broad Day”), director-writer Ryan Coogler, Interscope’s VP of A&r Dash Sherrod and RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, the “Inspired” package features the first-ever collaboration between the late Nipsey Hussle and today’s freshly-anointed Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee, Jay-Z, on the song, “What It Feels Like.”
In addition to Jay-Z, the Black Panther-themed, Fred Hampton biopic features a handful of legacy rappers such as Nas (with “Epmd”), Rakim (“Black Messiah”), and The...
- 2/10/2021
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
In Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel Kaluuya is the late Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Black Panther party, who was assassinated over 50 years ago, at the age of 21. The British-born, Oscar-nominated Kaluuya has featured in such screen gems as Get Out and Black Panther, Widows and Queen & Slim. For this latest, which tells the story of the informant who helped the FBI assassinate the civil rights leader, Kaluuya took on a lot of introspection, much research and daily dialect work. “It’s because it’s Fred Hampton,” he says, simply, when asked why he felt driven to take on the task.
Deadline: What did you already know about director Shaka King and what made you want to work with him?
Daniel Kaluuya: Ryan [Coogler] introduced us and I always really respect Ryan’s view on people, point blank, in and out of the industry. So, I sat down with Shaka and,...
Deadline: What did you already know about director Shaka King and what made you want to work with him?
Daniel Kaluuya: Ryan [Coogler] introduced us and I always really respect Ryan’s view on people, point blank, in and out of the industry. So, I sat down with Shaka and,...
- 1/19/2021
- by Nadia Neophytou
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Moonlight breakout Ashton Sanders, currently starring as RZA in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, is in talks to join Warner Bros and MacRo’s anticipated Black Panthers pic Jesus Was My Homeboy, starring Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta), Jesse Plemons (The Post) and Dominique Fishback (The Deuce).
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 at age 21. Production is due to start in mid- to late October. Sanders is in talks to play Black Panther Party member Larry Roberson. Fishback, the female lead, will play Hampton’s lover Deborah Johnson,...
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 at age 21. Production is due to start in mid- to late October. Sanders is in talks to play Black Panther Party member Larry Roberson. Fishback, the female lead, will play Hampton’s lover Deborah Johnson,...
- 9/25/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jesse Plemons and Dominique Fishback Have Joined Warner Bros. Black Panther Pic Jesus Was My Homeboy
Jesse Plemons and Dominique Fishback have been cast in the upcoming Warner Bros. film Jesus Was My Homeboy. The two join the already cast Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield. Deadline provides the following story description:
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.
We also have the following character descriptions:
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.
This...
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.
We also have the following character descriptions:
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.
This...
- 9/23/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
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.
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.
- 9/19/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.