Posted by | Ray Cornelius
Despite starting film production in Atlanta two weeks ago, Ava DuVernay is still adding more star power to her new film, Selma. The civil right’s epic recently cast Oscar-winning stage and film actor, Cuba Gooding Jr.
The 46-year-old star, who is also filming BET’s adaptation of The Book of Negroes, is slated to play attorney and activist Fred Grey. He also joins a long list of A-List players including David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Ledisi, Common, Wendell Pierce, Martin Sheen, and Tom Wilkinson.
As previously reported, Selma chronicles the march African-Americans made from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 in order to gain voting rights. The film is being produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Oprah Winfrey along with Bradford Young serving as the film’s Director of Photographer.
Stay tuned…
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