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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning actress Regina King is set to direct One Night in Miami, based on the debut play from Kemp Powers, who has adapted it for the screen.
Set on the night of February 25, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay as he emerges from the Miami Beach Convention Center as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Against all odds, he’s defeated Sonny Liston and shocked the world of boxing. While crowds of people swarm Miami Beach’s hotspots to celebrate the match, Clay — unable to stay on the island because of Jim Crow-era segregation laws — spends the night at the Hampton House Motel in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood celebrating with three of his friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and football star Jim Brown. The next morning, the men emerge determined to define a new world.

In One Night in Miami, Powers aims to pinpoint exactly what happened during those pivotal hours. Featuring the music of Cooke, including his hit song, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” the film offers a piercing narrative for the evening, which challenges the four men, strips them bare and reveals them for who they were.
The pic is being produced by Snoot Entertainment (Blindspotting, Little Monsters) and ABKCO, with Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder producing for Snoot and Jody Klein for ABKCO.
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
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Regina King Starts Directing Debut One Night In Miami Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge Leslie Odom Jr – Deadline
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Not long after delivering a powerhouse performance as Angela Abar / Sister Night for HBO's WATCHMEN, it's been announced that scene-stealing actress Regina King will soon be making her directorial debut with ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI. The film is an adaptation of the Olivier-nominated stage play by Kemp Powers, who wrote the script. Production has already begun in New Orleans, with Kingsley Ben-Adir (HIGH FIDELITY, PEAKY BLINDERS) starring as civil rights activist Malcolm X, Eli Gorre (RIVERDALE, THE 100) as Cassius Clay prior to him becomming Muhammad Ali, Aldis Hodge (HIDDEN FIGURES, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON) as football legend Jim Brown, and Grammy and Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, SMASH) playing American singer, songwriter, civil rights activist and entrepreneur Sam Cooke.
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She also opened up about directing One Night in Miami, which she described as an incredible experience. "If you open up the thesaurus and look up every word that is a synonym for 'breathtaking,' that is what One Night in Miami is and continues to be because I am in the post-production process."
King defined the word success as "when you have the ability to take a moment that is looked at by the outside as a successful moment and transform that into the next moment that includes a successful moment for others."
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Read more: Regina King talks about Oscar win, motivations, fans, and success (Includes interview)
 
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