Amandla Stenberg, best known for her role in The Hunger Games, is in talks to star in a period piece from Belle director Amma Asante.
Amandla Stenberg
British exports, David Oyelowo and Gugu Mbatha-Raw have been cast in sci-fi-thrilled God Particle to be directed by Julius Onah and produced by Paramount along with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.
According to The Wrap – the story centers on “an American space station crew who, believing they have destroyed Earth via a Hadron accelerator, allow the crew of hostile nations to board their ship with disastrous results.”
Concussion star, Gugu Mbatha-Raw will be reuniting with director Gina Prince-Bythewood for An Untamed State – a thriller based on the 2014 novel by Roxanne Gay.
The issue of diversity in Hollywood has pretty much become a dominant topic of discussion in 2016, despite the fact this isn’t necessarily a recent development. But for reasons that could be rooted in the stimulus of social media – there has been a continuum which has led to an active need by members of the privileged community to put actions behind their words.