David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay are reuniting for the brand new movie, “Heist of Benin,” greater than a decade after their Academy Award-winning movie “Selma.”
Oyelowo will star within the movie, which is ready in modern-day London and described as “a thriller that intertwines artwork, love and restitution.” DuVernay will direct from a screenplay by Jesse Quiñones, based mostly on an authentic concept.
The undertaking was introduced on Tuesday throughout Canal+’s ORIGINAL+ presentation on the Olympic in Paris and marks the primary characteristic movie collaboration between DuVernay and Oyelowo since 2014’s “Selma.” In that movie, Oyelowo portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. amid the 1965 Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for greatest image and gained the Oscar for greatest authentic track.
“Ava and I’ve been on the lookout for the fitting story to inform collectively once more. ‘Heist of Benin’ is that story,” Oyelowo mentioned in a press release saying the movie. “It’s thrilling and high-powered with deeply resonant themes that matter to us each.”
DuVernay added, “Reuniting with David on this method feels full circle. This movie speaks to historical past, id and love, all by the lens of a high-stakes, trendy journey. I’m thrilled to carry it to life with him and Studiocanal.”
Along with starring within the movie, Oyelowo can even produce the undertaking below his Yoruba Saxon banner. The movie can also be produced by Endurance Media’s Steve Richards and Jake Katofsky alongside Yoruba Saxon’s Lisa Bruce. Quiñones will govt produce.
Studiocanal will finance, distribute and deal with worldwide gross sales. Ron Halpern, Shana Eddy and Sam Shipp will oversee for the studio.
“We’re delighted to have a component in reuniting this dynamic artistic duo on ‘Heist of Benin’ and can’t consider a greater filmmaker than Ava to carry this fascinating, well timed heist-thriller to life,” said Anna Marsh, CEO of Studiocanal and Chief Content material Officer and deputy CEO of Canal+.
DuVernay and Oyelowo are represented by CAA. DuVernay can also be repped by Cohen & Gardner. Oyelowo can also be repped by Hamilton Hodell and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang. Quiñones is repped by Gersh, Business Leisure and Revolution Expertise.
