{"id":109706,"date":"2024-10-03T00:09:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109706"},"modified":"2024-10-03T00:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:09:28","slug":"john-boyega-to-star-in-otis-redding-biopic-with-danielle-deadwyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109706","title":{"rendered":"John Boyega to Star in Otis Redding Biopic With Danielle Deadwyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/john-boyega\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-boyega\" data-tag=\"john-boyega\">John Boyega<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/danielle-deadwyler\/\" id=\"auto-tag_danielle-deadwyler\" data-tag=\"danielle-deadwyler\">Danielle Deadwyler<\/a> are set to portray late soul legend <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/otis-redding\/\" id=\"auto-tag_otis-redding\" data-tag=\"otis-redding\">Otis Redding<\/a> and his widow Zelma Redding in Fifth Season\u2019s forthcoming biopic \u201cOtis &amp; Zelma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDirected by breakout filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/channing-godfrey-peoples\/\" id=\"auto-tag_channing-godfrey-peoples\" data-tag=\"channing-godfrey-peoples\">Channing Godfrey Peoples<\/a> and produced by Fifth Season, Homegrown Pictures and Kinfolk Management + Media, the music-based film chronicles the life of Otis Redding, who is considered to be one of the most impactful singer-songwriters of our lifetime, with indelible hits including \u201c(Sittin\u2019 On) The Dock of the Bay,\u201d \u201cRespect,\u201d \u201cThese Arms of Mine,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve Been Loving You Too Long\u201d and \u201cHard to Handle.\u201d Redding\u2019s burgeoning superstar career was tragically cut short when he died in a 1967 plane crash, leaving behind Zelma and three young children. He was 26 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith revisions by Godfrey Peoples, \u201cOtis &amp; Zelma\u201d is written by acclaimed playwright, screenwriter and actor Donnetta Lavinia Grays. The film \u201ccelebrates the 10 short years Otis and Zelma had together, and their eternal love story after his passing,\u201d explains an early synopsis of the project. \u201cZelma\u2019s resilience and determination to preserve his musical legacy for the last 56 years fuels her, just as much as Otis\u2019 love for Zelma fueled him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNews of the movie, which has the full support of Zelma Redding and the Otis Redding estate, comes as Otis will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Oct. 4. Fifth Season is producing the project alongside Stephanie Allain of Homegrown Pictures and Arron Saxe of Kinfolk Management + Media. Amos Newman, Homegrown Pictures\u2019 Claire Brooks, Boyega, and Deadwyler will executive produce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBoyega is best known for starring as Finn in the latest \u201cStar Wars\u201d trilogy and, in 2021, won a Golden Globe award for his performance in Steve McQueen\u2019s Emmy-nominated miniseries \u201cSmall Axe.\u201d Since his breakout turn in the BAFTA-nominated, 2011 sci-fi film \u201cAttack the Block,\u201d Boyega has built a stellar resume of major films including \u201cThey Cloned Tyrone,\u201d Gina Prince-Bythewood\u2019s \u201cThe Woman King,\u201d \u201cBreaking\u201d and \u201cPacific Rim: Uprising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDeadwyler is best known for her portrayal of Emmitt Till\u2019s mother Mamie Till-Mobley in the acclaimed 2022 film \u201cTill,\u201d for which she won the outstanding lead performance prize at the Gotham Awards and the breakthrough performance award from the National Board of Review, among other awards and nominations from BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild and the Critics Choice Association. She also received an Independent Spirit TV award nomination for her work in the HBO limited series \u201cStation Eleven.\u201d She\u2019s currently garnering awards buzz for her work opposite Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington in the feature adaptation of August Wilson\u2019s \u201cThe Piano Lesson\u201d for Netflix. She\u2019ll next appear in the Netflix action-thriller \u201cCarry On,\u201d directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and stars in and executive produces the Blumhouse and Universal Pictures\u2019 thriller \u201cThe Women in the Yard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGodfrey Peoples\u2019 writing and directorial feature debut, 2020\u2019s \u201cMiss Juneteenth,\u201d starring Emmy nominee Nicole Beharie, won the National Board of Review Award for best directorial debut, as well as the SXSW Louis Black \u201cLone Star\u201d award. The film was also nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Godfrey Peoples has since directed episodes of series including the Emmy-winning drama anthology \u201cGenius\u201d and the Apple TV+ anthology \u201cRoar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBoyega is represented by UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber &amp; Dern. Deadwyler is represented by Paradigm, Play Management and Ziffren Brittenham. Godfrey Peoples is represented by CAA, Entertainment 360 and Victoria S. Cook. Grays is represented by Gersh, Manage-ment and Sullivan Talent Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/john-boyega-otis-redding-biopic-danielle-deadwyler-1236161720\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Boyega and Danielle Deadwyler are set to portray late soul legend Otis Redding and his widow Zelma Redding in Fifth Season\u2019s forthcoming biopic \u201cOtis &amp; Zelma.\u201d Directed by breakout &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109706\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}