Regina King, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Edi Gathegi, Danielle Deadwyler and RJ Cyler have joined Idris Elba and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix Western “The Harder They Fall,” Variety reports.
Producers are Jay-Z, James Lassiter, Lawrence Bender, and
Jeymes Samuel, also known as The Bullitts. He previously collaborated with
Jay-Z on “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack and will re-team with Jay-Z to write and
produce original music for “The Harder They Fall.”
Samuel and Boaz Yakin are the screenwriters. Majors is portraying the outlaw Nat Love, who discovers that his enemy, Rufus Buck (Elba), is being released from prison, so he reunites his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Elba and Major were first attached to the project late last year.
King won the Academy Award for supporting actress last year
for her role in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She made her feature film
directorial debut with “One Night in Miami,” which held its world premiere on
Sept. 7 at the Venice Film Festival. It’s a fictionalized story about Muhammad
Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke gathering to celebrate Ali’s surprise
title win over Sonny Liston.
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