Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) will star in "Samo Lives," the Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic produced and financed by Fifth Season and Macro Film Studios, which has recently wrapped production.
The cast is led by Kelvin Harrison Jr. as the iconic artist as well as stars Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), BAFTA nominee Dane DeHaan (Oppenheimer), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong), Lukas Gage (The White Lotus), Chase Sui Wonders (The Studio), Lucy Fry (Godfather of Harlem), Yolonda Ross (The Chi), Priah Ferguson (Stranger Things), Phillip Johnson Richardson (Sharper), Michael Angelo Covino (The Climb), Samiya Allen-Graham (Lodged), Antony Starr (The Boys), and Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction).
Character details are under wraps. Wright comes to the project after portraying Basquiat himself in his first leading film role, in Julian Schnabel’s 1996 drama "Basquiat".
Directed by Julius Onah, the filmmaker behind "Luce" and "Captain America: Brave New World," "Samo Lives" tells the story of Basquiat’s rise in the New York City art scene as he reckons with his past and future — all with the vibrancy and invention found in his groundbreaking neo-expressionistic style.
Onah penned the script with his Captain America collaborator, Peter Glanz.
Onah also produced alongside John Baker, Rob Feng, and Eric Ro, as well as Macro Film Studios’ James Lopez and Charles D. King.
Executive producers are Harrison Jr., Charles Miller, and Ossetra Films’ Sterling Brim and DC Wade.
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