Millennium Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the drama Life Of A King starring Cuba Gooding Jr., directed by Jake Goldberger from a script penned by David Scott and Dan Wetzel.
The film is based on the true story of Eugene Brown, who, after being incarcerated for eighteen years, established the Big Chair Chess Club for black youth in the Washington, DC area. The film tells his inspirational story.
Gooding stars as Brown, and he’s joined by Malcolm Mays, Richard T. Jones, Paula Jai Parker, Carlton Byrd, LisaGay Hamilton, Dennis Haysbert, Kevin Hendricks, Pepi Sonuga, Jordan Calloway and Rachel Thomas.
The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival this year.
Life Of A King is produced by Serena Films’ Tatiana Kelly and Animus Films’ Jim Young.
Millennium plans on an early 2014 release.
No trailer yet.
