Yahoo Lifestyle DeWanda Wise Starring in ‘Killer Bee,’ Adaptation of David Crownson Graphic Novel, for Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films (EXCLUSIVE)
DeWanda Wise will star in “Killer Bee,” an adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel from David Crownson that Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films will produce for the screen. Confluential, an award-winning, Black-owned and Black-founded film, television, and documentary production company, will co-finance the action film.
Wise, whose credits include “Jurassic World Dominion” and Spike Lee’s Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It,” will portray a retiring assassin who takes on an underground criminal network after being tasked to kill the man she’s recently fallen in love with. Crownson’s work includes the graphic novel, “Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer.”
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The script for “Killer Bee” will be written by Kevin Arbouet and Terry Rossio. Rossio’s credits include all five of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, as well as “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” and “Shrek,” for which he was nominated for an Oscar. Arbouet recently worked on the Audible true-crime series “Move: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy.”
“With DeWanda, the writing team of Terry and Kevin, and kick-ass source material, we have the ingredients for something very cool, that we are excitedly fast-tracking,” Oliver, who will produce the picture, said in a statement.
Confluential Films’s recent slate includes the 2024 Emmy-winning, and Sundance Grand Jury-winning “Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (HBO); “Fancy Dance,” starring Lily Gladstone (Apple TV+); and “Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss” (HBO). Confluential Films also recently launched a horror genre label, New Fear Unlocked Productions, with its film “Goons” starring Michael Rainey Jr. and Chloe Bailey recently wrapping production.
Joining as executive producers are Wise, Crownson, and Jake Coburn, along with Sean Mik’ael Butler and Patrick Strøm of Cultivate Entertainment Partners. Cultivate brought the material to Confluential and worked alongside them to build the package.
Wise is represented by M88 and CAA. Rossio is repped by Lumify Entertainment and UTA. Arbouet is represented by Cultivate Entertainment Partners, Kaplan-Stahler Agency, and Miloknay Weiner. Crownson is repped by Cultivate Entertainment Partners and Miloknay Weiner.
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