VIOLA DAVIS, LUPITA NYONG’O TO PLAY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN AFRICAN MILITARY MOVIE “THE WOMAN KING”
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...