Teyonah Parris, Will Catlett, Jahi Winston To Star In Dirt Bike Drama ’12 O’Clock Boys’ FilmPosted by Wilson Morales
September 25, 2018
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that Teyonah Parris, Will Catlett, and Jahi Winston are set to star in the dirt-bike drama ’12 O’Clock Boys,’ which will be directed by Angel Manuel Soto and is based on the Lotfy Nathan-directed documentary of the same title.
Jada Pinkett Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, Marc Bienstock, and Clarence Hammond of Overbrook Entertainment are producing the pic with Sony serving as the studio.
Sherman Payne rewrote the script that Barry Jenkins initially submitted. Filming will begin next month.
The film follows Mouse, a young boy who wants nothing more than to be a part of the Midnight Clique, a tough group of Baltimore bike riders who rule the summertime streets. As he navigates the challenges of coming of age in a complicated world, he learns the hard way that the choices you make early on can change your life forever.
Winston will play the lead role of Mouse, with Parris playing his mother, Teri. Catlett will portray Detective Rivers.
Parris can be seen in the upcoming Jenkins’ film If Beale Street Could Talk, and recently wrapped shooting on Netflix’s Point Blank remake with Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo. Winston was last seen opposite Taraji P. Henson in Sony’s Proud Mary and appears in The Upside, the remake of the 2011 French film The Intouchables with Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. Catlett just completed the first season with OWN’s Love Is___, which was recently picked up for Season 2.
Soto made his feature debut in 2015 with La Granja (The Farm) and recently directed Dinner Party, a VR experience that premiered at the New Frontier section of Sundance 2018.
