Deadline is reporting that Lionsgate has picked the rights to Leon Chills‘ scripted action drama ‘Shadow Force,’ starring Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown.
The script is described as a fresh take on Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will be producing alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Brown, and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company.
Washington, who is filming the Lynn Shelton-directed limited series Little Fires Everywhere, has starred in Scandal, Confirmation and Django Unchained. Her Simpson Street has American Son premiering at Toronto next month before bowing on Netflix.
Brown, who won two Emmy Awards for his roles as Christopher Darden and Randall Pearson in the award-winning series’ American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and This Is Us respectively. is coming off Black Panther. He currently voices a role in The Angry Birds Movie 2 and next stars in A24’s Waves and the Reed Morano-directed The Rhythm Section with Blake Lively and Jude Law.
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