Earlier this year it was revealed that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are reuniting for a new film exploring the 1967 Detroit race riots, and now Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s joined the cast of the project.
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The film will tell the story of the ’12th Street Riot’, which began with a police raid on an unlicensed bar before escalating into one of the most destructive an deadliest riots in U.S. history, with 43 people dead and over 1000 injured.
Boyega, who s currently shooting Star Wars: Episode VIII, has recently signed on to appear in Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, and also has the sci-fi thriller The Circle incoming, where he stars alongside Emma Watson, Tom Hanks and Karen Gillan.
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Originally published June 22, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
