Kelvin Harrison Jr. will star in a new Universal Pictures musical directed by Michel Gondry, while Da'Vine Joy Randolph is circling a role.
According to Deadline, the film “is said to be a coming-of-age musical, set in 1977 Virginia Beach, which draws inspiration from Williams’ childhood growing up in the city’s Atlantis Apartments.”
Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson wrote the script for the movie. Mimi Valdés and Gil Netter are also producing alongside Williams.Harrison Jr. made his professional acting debut in 2013’s 12 Years a Slave. He went on to star in movies like 2013’s Ender’s Game, 2016’s The Birth of a Nation, 2017’s Mudbound, 2017’s It Comes at Night, 2018’s Assassination Nation, 2019’s Waves, 2020’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2021’s Cyrano, and 2022’s Elvis.
Gondry, meanwhile, is best known for directing 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He’s helmed a handful of other movies as well, including 2008’s Be Kind Rewind, 2011’s The Green Mornet, 2013’s Mood Indigo, 2023’s The Book of Solutions, and more. Randolph recently won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Alexander Paynes’ The Holdovers. She also plays a recurring role in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building and voiced Mama Luna in 2022’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, among other roles.Brandon Schreur has been writing about comics, movies, television shows, and all things pop culture for roughly five years. He's a lifelong cinephile who spends way, way too much money buying Blu-rays and trade paperbacks.
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