'Judas and the Black Messiah' Trailer: Daniel Kaluuya Ignites Revolution as Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton

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After starring in Jordan Peele‘s Oscar-winning “Get Out,” Daniel Kaluuya‘s career skyrocketed, with Kaluuya giving fantastic performances in the likes of “Black Panther” and “Widows.” Now, it seems Netflix is giving Kaluuya the chance to play the lead in their new sci-fi film “The Upper World.” READ MORE: ‘Judas & The Black Messiah’ Trailer: LaKeith Stanfield Helps Silence Daniel Kaluuya In True Story Of Captivating Civil Rights Voice “The Upper World” is based the upcoming sci-fi novel of the

Netflix‘s adaptation of The Upper World, the upcoming debut sci-fi novel by Femi Fadugba.The Black Panther and Get Out star is also set to produce the film, the story of which focuses on Esso, a man who is able to see glimpses of the past and the future.Deadline reports that the film is based on the first installment of Fadugba’s planned series of novels.

Daniel Kaluuya is heading to Netflix!

Also Read: 'Queen & Slim': How Film's British Stars Immersed Themselves in Americana“The Upper World” is the first in a planned series of novels. Penguin UK and HarperCollins US are expected to publish the book in mid-2021 and early 2022 respectively.Fadugba has a Master’s from Oxford University where he published in Quantum Physics and was a Thouron scholar at University of Pennsylvania.

Angelique Jackson A film adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s YA fantasy novel “The Upper World” is in the works at Netflix, with Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya on board to star and produce.Kaluuya will play Esso, who is at the center of the film’s time-bending tale, producing the movie alongside Screen Arcade’s Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless. Newman brought the novel to Netflix, which has acquired the worldwide rights to adapt it into a feature film.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerNetflix has acquired the film rights to Femi Fadugba’s debut novel The Upper World, which has Queen & Slim’s Daniel Kaluuya attached to produce and star.The YA novel is the first in a planned series of novels.

Amon Warmann Guest ContributorLast week’s glimpse of Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” was one of the most powerful trailer drops in recent memory. The commanding 107-second teaser, which sees Daniel Kaluuya star as Fred Hampton, chairman of the Black Panther party, delivered further proof that the London-born star’s incredible run won’t be stopping any time soon.

Sometimes you have to watch your back, including the ones that are supposed to be watching it.In the 60s Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) was the head of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, and he had the idea to establish the Rainbow Coalition, a multicultural political organization to try to fight injustice and work for social change.

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Hanna Flint Guest Contributor“Judas and the Black Messiah” writer and director Shaka King has defended the casting of Daniel Kaluuya in the role of American civil rights leader Fred Hampton.The historical biopic, produced by Ryan Coogler and endorsed by Hampton’s son, Fred Hampton Jr, positions the British actor as the iconic leader of the Black Panther Party with Lakeith Stanfield playing the lesser-known William O’Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the political group and fed intel to

Judas And The Black Messiah starring Daniel Kaluuya has landed.Kaluuya portrays Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in the ’60s-set film, directed by Shaka King and produced by Ryan Coogler, with whom Kaluuya worked with on 2017’s Get Out.The clip opens with Kaluuya as Hampton leading supporters in a chant of “I am a revolutionary”.

Daniel Kaluuya starred in the Marvel movie Black Panther and now he’s playing a real-life Black Panther in the upcoming movie Judas and the Black Messiah.

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