Protege has landed an August 20 release date, according to
The Hollywood Reporter. The film follows Jackson as Moody, an assassin who rescues and trains a woman named Anna to become “the world’s most skilled contract killer.” However, after Moody is brutally killed, Anna seeks revenge.
Jackson is currently working on his Apple TV+ limited series
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and stars in the action-comedy sequel
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, opening June 16.
And finally, Warner Bros is teaming Charles D. King’s Macro for a contemporary re-imaging of the 1973 action feature
Cleopatra Jones. According to Deadline, the feature will be penned by
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Thuso Mbedu to star in Hollywood film alongside Viola Davis Updated
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KwaZulu-Natal-born actress Thuso Mbedu has landed a major Hollywood role and is set to star alongside Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis.
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The 29-year-old Mbedu will be starring alongside the celebrated Davis in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s upcoming film ‘The Woman King’.
Deadline reports that ‘The Woman King’ is a historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Mbedu made history by becoming the first South African actress to play a leading role in a US series ‘The Underground Railway’ based on Barry Jenkin s adaptation of Colson Whitehead s winning novel.