EXCLUSIVE: Li Jun Li (Babylon) is the most recent addition to the forged of Ryan Coogler‘s untitled supernatural thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan, for Warner Bros.
Particulars as to the movie’s plot stay below wraps, as does her function in it. However as beforehand reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku and Hailee Steinfeld may even star.
Coogler is directing from his personal script and also will produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The movie’s govt producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler again collectively following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the movie is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Movie Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the field workplace hit Creed III throughout their time at MGM. Pic’s slated for launch in theaters on March 7, 2025.
Finest identified for starring reverse Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, within the function of Girl Fay Zhu, in Damien Chazelle’s Academy Award-nominated Outdated Hollywood epic Babylon, Li was most lately introduced to be starring reverse Ethan Embry within the new genre-bender Alma and the Wolf from director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Lifeless Attractive) and Republic Photos. Breaking out on Broadway within the Lincoln Heart revival of South Pacific, Li has additionally been seen in movies like Ricki and the Flash and Chinese language Puzzle. Most lately seen on the TV aspect in Peacock’s restricted collection Based mostly on a True Story, her different small display credit embody Intercourse/Life, Evil, Florida Man, Why Ladies Kill, The Exorcist, Quantico, Blindspot and Damages, to call just some.
Li is represented by Gersh, Genuine Expertise and Literary Administration, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.