Warner Bros. is getting again in enterprise with The Colour Purple director Blitz Bazawule because the studio has landed the rights to a tentatively titled Black Samurai film with Bazawule directing. Bazawule wrote on spec and also will produce below his Inward Gaze banner.
The story will observe Yasuke, an African warrior who served below Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga throughout the Sengoku interval of samurai battle in sixteenth century Japan. Sources inform Deadline 4 studios have been within the combine however in the end Warners got here in with greatest provide on prime of fine relationship that started following his work on the latest musical adaptation of The Colour Purple.
Whereas a variety of Yasuke tasks have existed prior to now, insiders say the very unique strategy from the the filmmaker is being in comparison with groundbreaking movies such a 300 and Mad Max (the precise strategy nonetheless below wraps).
In addition to The Colour Purple, Bazawule additionally continues to develop a restricted collection for FX based mostly on his debut novel The Scent of Burnt Flowers, by which Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is connected to star and govt produce.
He’s repped by CAA and M88.