Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and MARCO's Charles D. King (Mudbound) are producing a new film that will shed light on the real life Black Panthers.
According to Deadline, Ryan and Charles are bringing us a film titled Jesus Was My Homeboy (via Warner Bros.), which will be about famed Black Panther member Fred Hampton. And two of our faves are set to star in it.
Get Out breakout star Daniel Kaluuya will play activist Fred Hampton, while "Atlanta" star Lakeith Stanfield will star as William O'Neal - the man who turned into a FBI informant and betteryed Hampton.
Writer/director Shaka King (Newlyweds) will helm the project. He'll also produce the film from a script he wrote with Will Berson ("Scrubs"). The screenplay is based on a story originated by Shaka King, Berson and the Lucas Bros. Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler (Ryan's wife) and MACRO’s Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks have signed on as executive producers.
Deadline reports:
Hampton was a respected and talented grass-roots civil rights activist who rose to become chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Panthers organization and deputy chairman of the national BPP. But his charisma, oratorial skills and swift ascent marked him out as a threat in the eyes of the FBI and in 1969 he and fellow Panther Mark Clark were killed during a controversial raid by a tactical unit carrying out orders from the Chicago Police Department and the FBI. O’Neill had provided the FBI with detailed plans of Hampton’s apartment.The deaths were initially ruled justifiable homicide and the police claimed the Panthers had initiated hostilities, but a number of investigations pointed to state-sponsored assassination and subsequent civil lawsuits led to settlements by law enforcement and Illinois’ Cook County. Thousands attended Hampton’s funeral and he was eulogized by African American leaders including Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy. O’Neal remained haunted by his part in Hampton’s death until his mysterious suicide in 1990.
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