EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors is set to star in and produce Da Understudy from Westbrook Studios and Amazon Studios.
Majors will produce the feature under his Tall Street Productions umbrella. Amazon Studios landed the script on spec in a competitive situation.
Sources said that Spike Lee is circling to direct, which would reunite the filmmaker with Majors after Da 5 Bloods. Tom Hanada (Motherland), Zach Strauss (SMILF), and Tyler Cole wrote the screenplay, which is based on an original story by Cole and developed in-house by Westbrook.
Deal comes after the record breaking opening weekend grosses for MGM and Amazon on Creed III. Majors plays Damian Anderson, a childhood pal of Adonis Creed (Michael B.
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