EXCLUSIVE: Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Previous Man) has been forged in Kathryn Bigelow‘s new Netflix movie.
The movie’s title and plot stay beneath wraps, although sources inform Deadline it is going to be set on the White Home as a nationwide disaster unfolds. The untitled thriller additionally stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Kyle Allen, Francesca Carpanini, Abubakr Ali, Malachi Beasley and Aminah Nieves.
Netflix declined to touch upon the casting.
The mission was set on the streamer in Might, Bigelow’s first function because the 2017 thriller Detroit from Annapurna Photos. In between each initiatives, she was creating an adaptation of of the novel Aurora from David Koepp that didn’t work out.
Akinnagbe can at the moment be seen within the FX drama sequence The Previous Man working alongside Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow within the position of “Julian Carson.” Season 2 premiered on September 12 and is because of conclude the season on October 24.
Up subsequent, he’ll star reverse Juliette Lewis and Peter Dinklage within the movie The Thicket, based mostly on the critically acclaimed novel by Joe R. Lansdale. Within the Western crime-drama, Akinnagbe will painting “Eustace Hole.”
Moreover, he’ll star within the indie Western Damaged Tail from director Johnny Remo and his Skipstone Photos. Written by Remo and Daniel Backman, the movie set in 1875 watches because the lifetime of Katherine (Rumer Willis) is shattered when her beloved husband falls sufferer to a homicide orchestrated by the nefarious Colonel Davis (Jeff Fahey). Alone and overwhelmed, Katherine’s path crosses with John Scobell (Akinnagbe), a Black man with a troubled previous as a former Pinkerton Agent. Regardless of preliminary reluctance, John is drawn to Katherine’s dedication and the injustice of Caleb’s dying. Collectively, they kind an unlikely alliance fueled by a shared want for retribution.
He’s repped by IAG, Untitled Leisure and Granderson Des Rochers.
