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‘Black Samurai’: ‘The Color Purple’s Blitz Bazawule to Direct!!

After helming last year’s musical adaptation of The Color Purple, director Blitz Bazawule is going to the 16th century for his next project. Bazawule is set to direct Black Samurai, a movie telling the story of African-born samurai Yasuke. Variety reports that Warner Bros. has acquired the film after a competitive bidding process, beating out three other studios. Bazawule wrote the script for the film … Continue reading ‘Black Samurai’: ‘The Color Purple’s Blitz Bazawule to Direct!!

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‘Black Samurai’: Chad Stahelski to Direct Netflix Adaptation!!

Netflix is in the process of developing an adaptation of the Black Samurai novels, and has added Chad Stahelski as director, and Leigh Dana Jackson as writer, Deadline first reported. Stahelski will be collaborating on production with Jason Spitz, Alex Young, John Schoenfelder, and Russell Ackerman. Diane Crafford is stepping in as executive producer alongside Liza Fleissig and Andre Gaines from Cinematic Studios. Stahelski is … Continue reading ‘Black Samurai’: Chad Stahelski to Direct Netflix Adaptation!!

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Common Suits Up for Starz’s ‘Black Samurai’ Reboot with Music from the Wu-Tang Clan!!

Starz is getting into the samurai game. The premium network announced today that it’s developing an action-drama series under the working title of Black Samurai with Oscar-winner Common starring in the title role; he’ll also executive produce under his Freedom Road Productions banner. Based on the “Black Samurai” novels written by Marc Olden, the series follows Robert Sand (Common), a highly-trained American Army Ranger whose life is … Continue reading Common Suits Up for Starz’s ‘Black Samurai’ Reboot with Music from the Wu-Tang Clan!!

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