Jean-Michel Basquiat Feature Doc In The Works From Boardwalk Pictures & Quinn Wilson
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Jean-Michel Basquiat is set to be the subject of a new feature documentary, King Pleasure, from Val and Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?
producer Boardwalk Pictures and Quinn Wilson, former creative director for Lizzo. The estate of the legendary artist is on board the project and has granted full access to archival material and original works of art, allowing it to be a mash-up of never-before-seen home movies, notebooks, photographs, animation, and interviews.
Wilson, who has also worked with the likes of Dita Von Teese, King Princess, and Ziwe, will direct King Pleasure, which starts production this summer.
It is the latest Basquiat project in the works. Stephan James is attached to star and produce a scripted limited series about the artist with Boat Rocker Studios.
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