Ryan Coogler Producing 'Jesus Was My Homeboy' With Daniel Kaluuya And Lakeith Stanfield In Negotiations

In what is definitely not an “Alien“/”Aliens” move, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler has signed on to produce a Black Panthers movie for Warner Bros. with Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield in negotiations to star. Despite the presence of both Coogler and Kaluuya, this isn’t a sequel to the Marvel blockbuster; instead, the movie “Jesus Was My Homeboy” will follow actual Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton.

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After working together in “Get Out,” Kaluuya and Stanfield will reunite here, with Kaluuya starring as Hampton, while Stanfield will be playing William O’Neal, who infiltrated the Black Panthers on behalf of the FBI. O’Neal will provide the film’s perspective as it examines the FBI’s efforts to undermine the activist organization from the inside in the late 1960s.

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Shaka King will be director and producer. King helmed episodes of “High Maintenance” and “People of Earth” as well as his debut feature “Newlyweeds,” He also was a writer on HBO’s wonderfully weird but powerful “Random Acts of Flyness.” King does more writing duty here, this time alongside Will Berson, who has previously written for “Scrubs” and “The Mighty B,” in addition to Amazon‘s George Saunders adaptation, “Sea Oak.” Charles D. King’s MACRO (“Mudbound“) is produces along with Coogler, with executive producers credited as Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler as well as MACRO’s Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks.

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After last year’s “Black Panther” and “Widows,” Kaluuya also has Melina Matsoukas‘ feature directorial debut, “Queen & Slim” on the docket. Meanwhile Stanfield is slated for the Safdie Brothers‘ “Uncut Gems” and Rian Johnson‘s “Knives Out.” Coogler is still moving forward as the director of the “Black Panther” sequel.