Back to back big project announcements! I love days like this.
Just below this post, is the announcement that Steve McQueen and Harry Belafonte are teaming up to bring Paul Robeson’s life to the big screen. That piece of good news is being followed here by a revelation from revered director Mira Nair, that one of the stars of McQueen’s Oscar-winning "12 Years a Slave" – Lupita Nyong’o (you’ve heard of her, right?) – will star in Nair’s next film, which will be based on the book "Queen of Katwe," by Tim Crothers.
Apparently, Lupita’s attachment isn’t new, but I’m only just hearing about it, thanks to the below video clip a reader sent to me this evening….
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