Halle Berry To Do L.A Riots Drama For ‘Mustang’ Director Deniz Gamze Erguven Posted by Wilson Morales
May 12, 2016
Source: Screendaily
Academy Award winner Halle Berry has signed up to star in “Kings,” a drama set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of the police officers charged with the excessive beating of Rodney King, which was caught on tape.
The film will be directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven, whose recent film was the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated French drama “Mustang.” The foreign filmmaker will be making her English language debut
Berry will star as a strong, protective mother living in the tough South Central district where the disturbances first kicked-off. The role of a lone, white male neighbour and love interest is currently being cast.
According to ScreenDaily.com, the project is being shopped at Cannes. Erguven first tried to make the feature straight out of France’s prestigious Fémis film school, even presenting it at Cannes L’Atélier co-production event in 2011, before coming to terms with the fact it was too ambitious for a first, feature-length production.
Berry will next be seen in the thriller “Kidnapped,” which is slated to be release later this year. She’s currently filming “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” the sequel to the 2015 film “Kingsman: The Secret Service.”
