By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: Participant and Bron Creative have come on board as co-financiers with Warner Bros Pictures and Macro on the recently completed and untitled drama that tells the powerful story of Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and William O’Neal, the undercover FBI informant who helped bring him down.
Shaka King directed the film, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Will Berson, with story by King & Berson and Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas.
The film, which is now in post-production, is slated for release August 21. Oscar-nominated Get Out and Marvel Black Panther star Daniel Kaluuya plays Hampton, while Atlanta‘s LaKeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays O’Neal.
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