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Judas and the Black Messiah had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on February 1, 2021, at both virtual and in-person screenings. [26] The film was released on February 12, 2021, in the United States, by Warner Bros. Pictures . [ 27 ]
In 2021 she played Judy Harmon, a member of the Black Panthers, in the film Judas and the Black Messiah. [7] [8] In 2016, she auditioned with Marvel Studios for the role of Shuri in the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther. Her audition involved screen tests with Chadwick Boseman. The role eventually went to Letitia Wright. [9] [10]
'Judas and the Black Messiah' (2021) Bill O'Neal (Lakeith Stanfield, left) avoids prison by making a deal with FBI agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) in "Judas and the Black Messiah."
The pic stars Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton and LaKeith Stanfield as William O'Neal. A career thief, O'Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent ...
In Judas and the Black Messiah filmmaker Shaka King dives deep into the story of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and William O’Neal, who served as an ...
They co-wrote and co-produced Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), for which they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay; they won the Paul Selvin Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture.
The cast and Shaka King, who directed and co-wrote the film, recently spoke with Yahoo Entertainment about how they decided to tell the real-life tale and the challenges they faced.
On May 27, 2021, Davis was cast as George Foreman in George Tillman Jr.'s 2023 biopic Big George Foreman. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In May 2022, Davis was cast as Biff Loman in Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott's Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman along with Wendell Pierce , Sharon D. Clarke , and André De Shields .