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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning actress Regina King is set to direct One Night in Miami, based on the debut play from Kemp Powers, who has adapted it for the screen.

Set on the night of February 25, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay as he emerges from the Miami Beach Convention Center as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Against all odds, he’s defeated Sonny Liston and shocked the world of boxing. While crowds of people swarm Miami Beach’s hotspots to celebrate the match, Clay — unable to stay on the island because of Jim Crow-era segregation laws — spends the night at the Hampton House Motel in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood celebrating with three of his friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and football star Jim Brown. The next morning, the men emerge determined to define a new world.

In One Night in Miami, Powers aims to pinpoint exactly what happened during those pivotal hours. Featuring the music of Cooke, including his hit song, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” the film offers a piercing narrative for the evening, which challenges the four men, strips them bare and reveals them for who they were.

The pic is being produced by Snoot Entertainment (Blindspotting, Little Monsters) and ABKCO, with Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder producing for Snoot and Jody Klein for ABKCO.

King next will star in HBO’s Watchmen series from Damon Lindelof. She is repped by ICM Partners, John Carrabino Management and Del Shaw.
 
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One Night in Miami (film)



One Night in Miami is an upcoming American drama film directed by Regina King in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Kemp Powers based upon play of the same name by Powers. It stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr.

In July 2019, it was announced Regina King would direct the film and serve as an executive producer, from a screenplay by Kemp Powers based upon play of the same name.[1] In January 2020, it was announced Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., and Lance Reddick had joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography began in January 2020, in New Orleans.

Cast
Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X
Eli Goree as Cassius Clay
Aldis Hodge as Jim Brown
Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke
Lance Reddick as Brother Kareem
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Barbara Cooke
Michael Imperioli as Angelo Dunne
Beau Bridges as Mr. Carlton
 
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One Night In Miami': Regina King Directorial Debut On Black Legends Sets Cast


The upcoming big-screen directorial debut of Regina King, One Night in Miami, has set its main cast.

The film is based on the debut play of the same name from Kemp Powers. It gives a fictional account of a real-life night featuring a pre-Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay, Jim Brown, Malcolm X and Sam Cooke.

The OA and High Fidelity star Kingsley Ben-Adir will be Malcolm X, Riverdale star Eli Goree will be Cassius Clay, Clemency star Aldis Hodge will be Jim Brown and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. will be Sam Cooke.

Here's the description: Set on the night of February 25, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay as he emerges from the Miami Beach Convention Center as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Against all odds, he’s defeated Sonny Liston and shocked the world of boxing. While crowds of people swarm Miami Beach’s hotspots to celebrate the match, Clay — unable to stay on the island because of Jim Crow-era segregation laws — spends the night at the Hampton House Motel in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood celebrating with three of his friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and football star Jim Brown. The next morning, the men emerge determined to define a new world. In One Night in Miami, Powers aims to pinpoint exactly what happened during those pivotal hours. Featuring the music of Cooke, including his hit song, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” the film offers a piercing narrative for the evening, which challenges the four men, strips them bare and reveals them for who they were.

"One Night in Miami is a love letter to Black manhood that powerfully explores themes of race, identity and friendship,” said King in a statement to Deadline. “Each of them has contributed so much to culture and history. We’re so excited to have Kingsley, Eli, Aldis and Leslie in the lead roles showing a different side of these iconic men."

Regina King is arguably one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood right now. She is active as an actor, producer and director. In the past two years, she's won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and an Oscar for work in both television and film, including her portrayal of Sharon Rivers in the Barry Jenkins-directed film If Beale Street Could Talk. She also recently had a critically-acclaimed turn in Damon Lindelof's Watchmen series on HBO. Over the past several years, she's become an acclaimed television director, helming episodes of shows like Scandal, The Good Doctor, Pitch and Insecure. And One Night in Miami isn't exactly King's overall feature directorial debut, as she directed the 2013 BET television film, Let the Church Say Amen.

Snoot Entertainment's Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder (Blindspotting) are producing the film with ABKCO. Right now, a studio is not attached and it is unclear if this film would fall under the mega Netflix deal that King signed last year.
 
big her up. They cant shoot this in Miami tho, Miami totally gentrified
 
Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971)[1] is an American actress and director. King first gained attention in 1985 for her role in the NBC television series 227. She appeared in both television and film, rising to greater prominence with roles in the films Friday (1995), Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Emmy Award. Also in 2018, her role as a troubled mother in the film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

King's other television roles include voice work for Huey and Riley Freeman on the Adult Swim animated series The Boondocks, the drama series The Leftovers (2015–2017), and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. She has also played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Ray (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). In 2019, she starred in the HBO superhero series Watchmen.

King has also directed episodes for several television shows, including Scandal in 2015 and 2016 and This Is Us in 2017. She has also directed the music video for the 2010 song "Finding My Way Back" by Jaheim. Time magazine named King one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.[2]
 

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One Night in Miami is the debut play written by Kemp Powers, first performed in 2013. It is a fictional account of a real night, 25 February 1964. It pinpoints a pivotal moment in the lives of four, still nascent, black American icons whose potential, thoughts and actions play out in the 90 minute, one-act play. The scenario presents an audacious challenge - to cast 22 year old, newly crowned world boxing champion Cassius Clay as he transforms into Muhammad Ali, controversial Nation of Islam leader / mentor Malcolm X, influential singer-songwriter and record producer Sam Cooke and star NFL footballer Jim Brown. The men, friends in real life, celebrate Clay's surprise title win over Sonny Liston in a Miami hotel room, watched over by Nation of Islam security.[1]
 
afrosoul said:
waiting for the ADOS trolls to come and trash the move :popcorn:
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While white nationalist are planning terror attacks on the US, this melenated migrant has smoke for and is thinking about ADOS. Melenated migrants want to help white people kill Black Americans. It can no longer be denied.

Ill do you one better tho, how bout a West Indian?



:frozen:

Not all West Indians are racist against Black Americans and can admit when an immigrant actor sucks. This film is already forgotten and wont be discussed in a few weeks.
 
KingTaharqa said:
While white nationalist are planning terror attacks on the US, this melenated migrant has smoke for and is thinking about ADOS. Melenated migrants want to help white people kill Black Americans. It can no longer be denied.

Ill do you one better tho, how bout a West Indian?



:frozen:

Not all West Indians are racist against Black Americans and can admit when an immigrant actor sucks. This film is already forgotten and wont be discussed in a few weeks.
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right on cue....
 
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