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Apr 12, 2021 · For years, New Yorker Will Berson labored over a spec biopic; Jermaine Fowler sent it to a mutual friend, Shaka King. He also was developing an idea from Kenny and Keith Lucas, a stand-up...
Feb 10, 2021 · Judas and the Black Messiah — directed by Shaka King, co-written by Will Berson, and produced by Ryan Coogler — is the long-overdue result of the Lucas brothers’ decade-long project, most...
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Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film directed and produced by Shaka King, who wrote the screenplay with Will Berson, based on a story by the pair and Kenny and Keith Lucas.
Dec 23, 2020 · Actor Jermaine Fowler called King to tell him that his friend Berson had a Hampton movie that he was trying to get made.
Awards Daily talks to Will Berson, co-screenwriter of Judas and the Black Messiah, about working with director/co-writer Shaka King and the Lucas Bros., and what Bill (LaKeith Stanfield) and Fred (Daniel Kaluuya) have in common.
Feb 14, 2021 · King co-wrote Judas and the Black Messiah with Will Berson, and filmmaker Ryan Coogler co-produced the historical drama. Set in Chicago, Judas and the Black Messiah reveals how a criminal named William O'Neal managed to infiltrate the Black Panther party after being arrested for impersonating a police officer.
Feb 22, 2021 · Will Berson decided the story of Blank Panther leader Fred Hampton needed to be told after the Ferguson uprising.
