Tells the story of an entirely African-American combat unit whose heroism during WWII led to the desegregation of the armed forces.
The studio has picked up the spec from Madison Turner and set Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse Pictures to produce alongside Jordan’s Outlier Society.
“Directing has been an area I’ve wanted to explore for some time now,” said Jordan. “The Stars Beneath Our Feet tells a story that really spoke to me, and I’m looking forward to jumping behind the camera.
Michael B. Jordan exec. produces the show based on Dennis Liu’s comic and short film about an African-American single mother who discovers her young son has constantly-changing superpowers.
Should Jordan sign on and the film proves to be a hit, Fox could find itself with a nice mid-sized franchise on its hands similar to Sony’s The Equalizer — another character-driven franchise boasting diversity both in front of and behind the camera.
Moonlight screenwriter Tarrell McCraney is making his TV debut on an untitled coming of age drama for OWN based on his own experiences, with Michael B. Jordan also serving as an executive producer.
HBO has released the first photo of its adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, featuring the first look at Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in character as firemen.
Frequent collaborators Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are re-teaming for a new movie, Wrong Answer, based on a 2014 The New Yorker article by Rachel Aviv with Ta-Nehisi Coates penning the adaptation.
Based on the 2013 true story of Damany Lewis, a math teacher in Atlant that got caught up in the largest academic cheating scandal in U.S. history.
Originally published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 is set in a future where books are outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found, though intellectual curiosity gets the better of the protagonist, who begins stashing books away to see if he can learn anything from them.
It’s unclear whether Warner Bros. is hiring Zak Penn to write a treatment or opening a writers room, but the studio wants Michael B. Jordan to star. Sorry, Keanu!
Marvel Studios has finally announced the full cast of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther and not only are Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis confirmed to return as Everett Ross and Ulysses Klaw, respectively, but part of the movie will be filmed in South Korea.
Wynn Wygal, the Director of Development for Mad Chance Productions, is exiting the company to run Creed star Michael B. Jordan’s newly formed production shingle, Outlier, sources have confirmed to The Tracking Board.
Hot on the heels of the announcement of Lupita Nyong’o joining Chadwick Boseman for the Marvel movie, it has been announced that Michael B. Jordan has signed on to star in an unknown role.
Joe Russo and Anthony Russo have boarded MGM remake of The Thomas Crown Affair as producers. The Captain America: Civil War directors will join star Michael B. Jordan for the project.
The Thomas Crown Affair is the latest remake being developed for the big screen with studio MGM signing up Michael B. Jordan to lead the film. Jordan previously worked with MGM on last year’s hit Creed, the sequel to the Rocky franchise with Sylvester Stallone.
Remake of the 1968 Norman Jewison-directed film starring Steve McQueen.
The sequel to the massively successful Creed is slowly becoming a reality as MGM is circling a release date of November 2017. The spin-off of the boxing franchise was a hit among audiences and critics and also earned Sylvester Stallone his first Golden Globe win as Rocky Balboa.
The raised-in-privilege son of former heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed seeks to follow in his father’s footsteps, and finds a trainer and mentor in his late dad’s ex-rival and friend, Rocky Balboa.
After several studios and incarnations, the Richard Pryor biopic is moving forward, and Mike Epps is the man for the job.
Jordan’s in talks to nab the role of Tree, one of the key leads in the edgy two-hander, which follows two blood-sucking best friends whose relationship enters a crisis. The pic’s based on the Dark Horse comic series of the same name written by Mike Gagerman and Andrew Waller.
Reed Richards and his three friends gain superpowers after Reed invents a dangerous trans-dimensional travel method.
The raised-in-privilege son of former heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed seeks to follow in his father’s footsteps, and finds a trainer and mentor in his late dad’s ex-rival and friend, Rocky Balboa.
Four individuals gain superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to another dimension.
Four individuals gain superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to another dimension.
Four individuals gain superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space.
Logline: Centers on two CIA agents who are told the other has gone rogue and now must hunt each other down.
Logline: Kept under wraps but pitched as being in the vein of “Bad Boys.”
Logline: Kept under wraps but pitched in the vein of “Oceans 11.”
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