EXCLUSIVE: Jack O’Connell (Ferrari) is in talks to star reverse Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler‘s untitled occasion movie for Warner Bros, sources inform Deadline.
While each the plot of the movie and O’Connell’s position stay underneath wraps, we’re informed it’s a interval style pic through which he’ll be taking part in the villain. Deadline was first to inform you about Warners’ acquisition of the undertaking, following a heated bidding struggle.
The movie brings Jordan and Coogler collectively following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises, having first labored collectively on the acclaimed Sundance pic Fruitvale Station. It’s additionally the second undertaking from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, after greenlighting the field workplace hit Creed III throughout their time at MGM.
Coogler is writing and also will produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The govt producers are 2x Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield. Pic begins taking pictures this month and can roll out in theaters on March 7, 2025.
Most not too long ago starring alongside Adam Driver as race automotive driver Peter Collins in Neon’s Michael Mann pic Ferrari, O’Connell has beforehand been seen in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Benedict Andrews’ Seberg starring Kristen Stewart, Jodie Foster’s Money Monster, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, and David Mackenzie’s Starred Up, amongst different titles. Notable TV credit embody Godless, Rogue Heroes, and The North Water.
Up subsequent, O’Connell might be seen starring reverse Marisa Abela in Focus Features’ Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, out May 17, portraying the late singer’s ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil. The actor is repped by Conway van Gelder Grant, UTA, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.