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TriStar Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to the film  The Woman King The movie is based on an original story by actress  Maria Bello , who is also producing the project. Oscar winners  Viola Davis  and Lupita Nyong’o have signed on to play mother and daughter in the TriStar drama  THE WOMAN KING , which concerns an all-female military unit in Africa. "Inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, The Woman King tells the story of Nanisca, general of the all-female military unit known as the Amazons, and her daughter Nawi, who together fought the French and neighboring tribes who violated their honor, enslaved their people, and threatened to destroy everything they've lived for," a news release explained. “ The Woman King  is the powerful true story of an extraordinary mother-daughter relationship, and there’s no-one more extraordinary than...

90 Percent of the Black Panther Movie Cast will be African or African American First they announce the Black Panther movie starting Chadwick Boseman, a black superhero. Then they announced that Michael B. Jordan from Creed would also be in the movie and let’s not forget the lovely Lupita Nyong’o is also a part of this all-star cast. What’s more exciting is they’ve also announced that 90 percent of the cast is going to be African or African American. This comes to no surprise to most people that saw “Captain America: Civil War”, seeing that the film will possibly take place solely in the African country of Wakanda. Black Panther is an African Prince turned King so it’s only fitting that the movie takes place in Africa with a predominately black cast. The new  Black Panther  cast has really started to come together. It was announced way back in 2014 that Chadwick Boseman will be playing the lead T'Challa in the standalone adventure, with the character ...