Indie outfit Louverture Movies (Nickel Boys) has boarded the forthcoming audio collection Black Caesar’s Revenge.
Joslyn Barnes of Louverture joins Jean A. Fall of the French-based Cinewax Movies and Elora Cadasse, CEO of the Martinique-based United States of the Caribbean, on the mission.
Black Caesar’s Revenge facilities on a gaggle of unheralded pirates of the 18th Century, women and men of African descent who had been pressured to take to the excessive seas searching for freedom after their abduction from an African civilization at its zenith, a thriving tradition of expert craftspeople and booming commerce.
The official synopsis reads: On the coronary heart of this thrilling journey story is the charismatic Black Caesar, hailing from the Oyo Kingdom (now Nigeria) and progressively bestowed with devastating (and bedeviling) powers from the deities generally known as Orishas. He and his closest comrades should learn to navigate each perilous seas and the spirit realm of the ancestors, as they deal with the ruthless marauders who commerce human lives for revenue, slave masters who run their plantations with brutal authority, legendary pirates who terrorize the Caribbean sea searching for fortunes, and traitors from throughout the Oyo and neighboring kingdoms.
The mission is led by a cohort of creatives from Africa and the Caribbean. The group contains South African showrunner and author Amy Jephta (Catch Me a Killer), the creator and author generally known as Saber, and writer-director Kensley James (Strictly Confidential), in affiliation with composers from Drive de Frappe édition. Manufacturing will start within the Fall.
Co-founded in 2005 by actor Danny Glover and writer-producer Barnes, Louverture Movies works throughout unbiased movie, collection, and interactive tasks in addition to artworks. Up to now, the corporate has produced or co-produced over 60 function and documentary movies, collection, and artworks shot in 26 nations. The corporate was named after Toussaint Louverture, the chief of the Haitian Revolution.
