'Judas and the Black Messiah' director Shaka King will co-write and helm a new film about 'an American political insurrection' set in the modern-day. He will also produce the project alongside Ryan Coogler, Lil Rel Howery and Charles D. King
“American political insurrection” is a hot-loaded term and automatically calls up the events of Jan. 6, when a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol. More than 100 people were injured and several died, including members of the Capitol police force.
Executive producing are Proximity Media’s Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler and MACRO’s Poppy Hanks and Greta Fuentes. Brandon Harris is also an exec producer., which Shaka King directed and co-wrote with three other scribes, told the true story of the infiltration of the Black Panther Party. It snagged six Oscar nominations, winning two, one for beset actor in a supporting role and one for original song.