Omar Benson Miller Latest To Join Ryan Coogler-Michael B. Jordan Thriller

Omar Benson Miller Latest To Join Ryan Coogler-Michael B. Jordan Thriller

EXCLUSIVE: Omar Benson Miller (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) has been tapped for an undisclosed role in Ryan Coogler’s Warner Bros supernatural thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan.

Pic’s plot remains under wraps. As previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, and Wunmi Mosaku will also star. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.

Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield. Shooting begins this month, with the film to roll out in theaters on March 7, 2025.

Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III during their time at MGM.

A two-time NAACP Image Award nominee for roles in Apple’s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and HBO’s Ballers, Miller starred opposite Walton Goggins on CBS’s family comedy The Unicorn and has also been seen on shows like True Lies and CSI: Miami, among others. Feature credits include 8 Mile, Shall We Dance and Transformers, to name a few.

Next to be seen starring in the indie drama Naples to New York from filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, the actor is repped by Mainstay Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

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