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Judas And The Black Messiah.Stanfield, who portrays FBI informant William O’Neal in the film, said he found playing the role of the bad guy so mentally and physically taxing that he ended up seeking help.The actor highlighted a cut scene where he has to poison Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) as an example.

Angelique Jackson To capture the essence of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, “Judas and the Black Messiah” director Shaka King couldn’t just read a few history books. He had to put boots on the ground.

One Night in Miami,” Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” serve as a triptych of the Black experience, inviting viewers inside the great debates that accompanied an earlier generation’s fight for equality.

EXCLUSIVE: The Black Reel Awards (BRAs), an annual event that recognizes the excellence of African-Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora in the global film industry, has unveiled the nominees for its 21st annual awards ceremony. The event, hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF), will take place on April 11 virtually across several media platforms.

Video: Leonardo Dicaprio bags a BAFTA (The Independent)Robin wouldn't make music video like Blurred Lines againCardi B insists she’s ‘comfortable’ in her skin in makeup-free video The nominees for the documentary category were also announced on Tuesday, with voter suppression film All In: The Fight for Democracy, written by Jack Youngelson, Herb Alpert Is. .

Clayton Davis The Writers Guild of America Awards announced their nominations where big boosts were given to films like “Judas and the Black Messiah” from Shaka King, “Palm Springs” from Max Barbakow and “The White Tiger” from Ramin Bahrani.Missing from the lineup, that was eligible, are “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” in the original screenplay category and “First Cow” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” in the adapted.The full list of nominations is below:ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The long Presidents' Day holiday weekend is always interesting at the box office, and this year is no different even without a Hollywood blockbuster. In a surprise twist, Universal's animated pic The Croods: A New Age appears to have narrowly won the holiday frame in its 12th weekend, beating newcomer Judas and the Black Messiah.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDreamWorks Animation’s “The Croods: A New Age” topped an anemic domestic box office, grossing just over $2 million in its twelfth week of release. The family film has earned just under $49 million.

Despite approaching the end of its third month in theaters, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s “The Croods: A New Age” is in a narrow race to take back the top spot at the pandemic box office with Warner Bros.’ “Judas and the Black Messiah,” with both films making around $2 million this weekend.While the winner won’t be determined until final totals come in for Presidents’ Day weekend on Tuesday, Universal for now is claiming the No.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith the Super Bowl behind us and the Oscars looming (and a pandemic-dampened Valentine’s Day as a marketing peg), American distributors are releasing their most robust slate of new releases in months this weekend.Awards contenders “Judas and the Black Messiah” (about the FBI-sanctioned murder of Fred Hampton) and “Land” (starring and directed by Robin Wright) arrive in theaters, hot off their premieres at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen cinematographer Sean Bobbitt (“12 Years a Slave”) was shooting Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” he looked at more than 300 photos from the period and watched documentaries of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton speaking to crowds to see how Hampton was framed.“There were several references that Shaka had shown me, including a documentary with Fred speaking,” Bobbitt says.

Seven years ago, writer, director and producer Shaka King accepted the Film Independent Someone to Watch Award for his quirky comedic debut, Newlyweeds. After years directing shorts and episodes of TV shows Shrill, High Maintenance and People of Earth, the 40-year-old filmmaker returns to the big screen.

Get Out actor Daniel Kaluuya will be returning to the big screen next month as the leader of the Black Panther Party. The actor's next film titled Judas and the Black Messiah's trailer released on Tuesday and we're all glued to it.

LaKeith Stanfield) who infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), leading to the police raid and killing of Hampton in 1969 when he was just 21. Costume designer Charlese Antoinette Jones recreated the historical uniform of the Black Panther Party in the late '60s, such as incorporating the iconic beret.ET spoke with Jones on her research process and the impact of her work in the film, set to release in theaters

Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” has arrived at something of a cultural tipping point for Hollywood. Months before the tragedy of George Floyd‘s death or the millions of people marching in the streets for social justice, his period piece about the assassination of a prominent Chicago community leader, Fred Hampton, had wrapped production.

Daniel Kaluuya goes from to the Black Panthers with, the true-story drama in which he stars as civil rights leader Fred Hampton, the deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated in 1969.Kaluuya's Hampton is the Black Messiah of the title, while the traitorous Judas refers to William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield), an informant coerced by the FBI to infiltrate the Black Panther Party and report back on the chairman they deemed a radical threat.

Also Read: 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Review: Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield Bring Fred Hampton's Betrayal to LifeKing initially pitched his biopic about Black Panther leader Fred Hampton as a Martin Scorsese-style crime thriller.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaStreaming services dominated nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards, signaling a power shift in Hollywood from traditional movie studios and TV broadcasters to digital upstarts.