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SOPHIE OKONEDO, MOS DEF LINE UP BLACK PANTHER PIC: Actors in final negotiations for ‘Stringbean and Marcus.’
*Mos Def and Sophie Okonedo are in final talks to topline the independent drama "Stringbean and Marcus," a story written and directed by first-time feature helmer Tanya Hamilton.
Mos Def and Okonedo will play two former Black Panther members dealing with a broken love affair in 1978. The story unfolds through the eyes of an adolescent girl.
"It's not so much about the idea of race," Hamilton told the Hollywood Reporter. "I just wanted to show this world of ordinary people living under extraordinary circumstances, trying to outrun this past they all have."
Shooting is scheduled to begin in July in Philadelphia. Mos Def and Okonedo, have not officially signed on the dotted line, but "they've committed to the project," says one of the producers, Sean Costello.
Contracts are not likely to be finalized until June, he added.
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