Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Kathryn Bigelow doing a crime drama set against the '67 Detroit riots is rad as hell just by itself, but now she's gone and cast John Boyega and it's on an even cooler level.
Annapurna is funding the flick, which currently doesn't have a distributor, and they're eyeballing a summer start to production.
The film is supposed to tackle systematic racism while the legendary civil rights landmark 12th Street Riots unfolds. Boyega's an interesting pick because so far he's been tied to sci-fi flicks (and even signed up to fight monsters in Pacific Rim 2), but his talents go beyond genre. He's a magnetic screen presence with a boatload of charm to spare. Seeing him in a drama post-Star Wars is mighty appealing to me, especially if it's directed by someone as talented as Bigelow.
Thoughts?
-Eric Vespe
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