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Epic Records has announced that the soundtrack to Gully, the feature film debut of music video director Nabil (Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar), will be released on June 4th, the same day that the film opens in theaters. (Gully will be available on VOD starting June 8th.)

The nine-track album features contributions from 21 Savage, who will release a music video directed by Nabil for his song “Betrayed” on Friday, as well as Dua Lipa, who recorded the single “Can They Hear Us.” Other artists featured on the soundtrack include 2 Chainz,...

Epic Records has announced the release of the star-studded “Gully” soundtrack, featuring new music from Dua Lipa, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla $ign, Miguel and more.

Opening in theaters on June 4 and VOD on June 8, “Gully” is the big screen directorial debut from Nabil, who also executive produces the soundtrack. Nabil is no stranger to working with A-list musicians — over the years, the mononymous videographer and photographer has directed music videos for such artists as Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean and Arctic Monkeys.

The nine-song soundtrack features a new single from 21 Savage called “Betrayed,” which will launch on Friday (June 4) with a visual directed by Nabil, alongside a new Dua Lipa track, “Can They Hear Us.” Ty Dolla $ign, Schoolboy Q and B-Real have teamed up for “Blacks n Mexicans.” The soundtrack also features music from Snoh Aalegra, Gary Clark Jr., 2 Chainz, Don Toliver, Sleepy Rose, Mike Will Made-It and Buddy.

This should pique the curiosity of those who frequently lament the absence of black faces in biblical tales adapted for the film and/or TV screens. Actor Obba Babatunde and Danny Green (“Mr. Sophistication”) co-directed this upcoming feature musical take on the story of the Gospel according to John the Apostle. Titled "Revival: The Experience," this film stars 2015 double Grammy nominee Mali Music (Best Urban Contemporary Album for his debut album, "Mali Is," and Best Gospel Performance/ Song, "I Believe") as Jesus Christ. Featuring a cast of names you'll instantly recognize, the project also sees Harry Lennix (also a...

Chicago – One of the more unique independent films that worked the festival circuit in 2012 and ’13 was the drama “Mr. Sophistication.” The main character was Ron Waters, a comedian described as “Richard Pryor’s protegé.” Actor Harry Lennix took on the character, breathing in both the drama of the show business story and the particular style of stand-up.

The film was recently released in downloadable and DVD formats. While on that festival circuit, Harry Lennix and the production crew – writer/director Danny Green and producers Jon E. Edwards and Albena Dodeva – stopped by Chicago, and HollywoodChicago.com spoke to them about the film.

Actor Harry Lennix, Portrays Ron Waters in “Mr. Sophistication”

Harry Lennix and Robert Patrick in ‘Mr. Sophistication’

Photo credit: Mr. Smoothie Company

HollywoodChicago.com: You were born in Chicago and have the Chicago influence in the story of Ron Waters. How important was it to give Ron a...

Last year, when he was at the 48th annual Chicago International Film Festival for the showing of his film Mr. Sophistication, I spoke with Harry Lennix, and he told that post–production had just been completed on his film project, H4, directed by Paul Quinn, and he was very excited and proud of the film.A “re-imaging”: of Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1 and Part II, set in modern day Los Angeles, the film is described as “the first Shakespeare adaptation to deal with contemporary African-American issues.” It tells the story of Henry’s unreliable son Hal's coming of age, as events compel him to increase power and responsibility, when he becomes the face of a new...

First some background... Several months ago or so, I did an interview for another site with actor Harry Lennix, who all of you know, and was seen this summer in Warner Bros' huge Superman reboot, Man of Steel. But the interview wasn't about that; it was instead about Harry's upcoming indie projects, like the fascinating Mr. Sophistication, directed by Danny Green, in which he plays a Richard Pryor-like self-destructive comedian attempting a comeback, and his all-black version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, called H4, which has just finished post-production. And both of those are on top of 6 other pictures he's completed that are scheduled to be released next year. ...

Harry Lennix and Ilfenesh Hadera have joined NBC/Sony TV’s drama pilot The Blacklist, which centers on Red (James Spader), the world’s most wanted criminal who mysteriously turns himself in and offers to give up everyone he has ever worked with. His only condition is he will only work with a newly minted FBI agent, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), with whom he seemingly has no connection. Lennix plays Harold Cooper, the successful yet cynical Assistant Director of Counterterrorism at the FBI. Hadera, repped by Gersh, plays FBI Agent Jennifer Palmer, who is Elizabeth’s best friend. Lennix, repped by Innovative Artists and Brookside Artist Management, will next be seen in Man Of Steel and indie Mr. Sophistication, which he stars in produced. Toby Huss has been cast in AMC‘s drama pilot Halt & Catch Fire. Set in the early 1980s, it dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary,...

Chicago – In its final days, the 48th Annual Chicago International Film Festival is poised to close with a glorious bang. Chicago native Robert Zemeckis (of “Back to the Future” and “Forrest Gump” fame) will return to the festival for the closing night screening of “Flight,” a thriller starring Denzel Washington. It’s Zemeckis’s first live-action feature since 2000’s “Cast Away.” Here are the highlights covering the remaining days of the festival, from October 18th to October 25th, 2012.

Zemeckis isn’t the only exciting guest scheduled to attend the festival in the days ahead. David O. Russell (“Three Kings,” “The Fighter”) will be on hand for the October 23rd screening of his widely celebrated dramedy, “The Silver Linings Playbook,” which has been singled out as a major awards season player, according to festival buzz. On the heels of his Guillermo del Toro-produced chiller, “The Orphanage,” filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona...

The Chicago International Film Festival, which runs from October 11-25, announced their official schedule yesterday; and among the dozens of films which will be presented at this year's festival, are several that will, no doubt, be of interest to readers at S & A.  Director Danny Green's feature film Mr. Sophistication starring Harry Lennix, which we profiled over a year ago (Here) will be presented. The film deals with, as we said, "a comedian, Ron Waters, who is a Richard Pryor-type of entertainer who makes commentary about the world rather than one-liners. After a self-imposed exile from Hollywood, Ron is back." Green, Lennix and the producers of...

Ever since Clint Eastwood first showed interest in returning to acting with Robert Lorenz‘s Trouble With the Curve, the project has been red-hot with big-name casting buzz. There were the rumors (and ensuing confirmation) that Amy Adams would replace the previously-suspected Sandra Bullock as Eastwood‘s daughter. Then came the additions of Matthew Lillard (fantastic in The Descendants) and Joe Massingill. Meanwhile, the past couple of weeks, during which Justin Timberlake and John Goodman joined the cast, have brought even more developments of their own.

We learned, too, that the project has a quick turnaround in mind (as has become customary with Eastwood-Lorenz collaborations), as the theatrical release date has been officially set for September 28. And in a recent interview promoting the newly-released Safe House (read our review of that one here), Robert Patrick revealed that he has also been added to the Trouble With the Curve cast. [We Love Cult]

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Harry Lennix is reportedly set to join the cast ensemble of upcoming Superman reboot, "Man of Steel". According to Variety, the 46-year-old actor, who is famously known for playing Commander Lock in the "Matrix" film franchise, has been cast for the role of General Swanwick in the forthcoming superhero film.

Other stars who have previously been cast in the movie are Henry Cavill who will play Superman, and Amy Adams who will portray Superman's love interest, Lois Lane. Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Julia Ormond, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Christopher Meloni are also named in the casting department.

"Man of Steel" is directed by filmmaker Zack Snyder, with Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder as the producers. Meanwhile, David S. Goyer is slated as the screenwriter. The film is scheduled to be released in U.S. theaters in 2012.

Harry Lennix is a veteran actor in both big and small screen.

Tatum O'Neal has been cast in the indie drama "Mr. Sophistication," opposite Harry Lennix.

In the film, Lennix plays a successful but self-destructive comedian who loses his celebrity status and then gets a last shot at stardom back in Los Angeles years later. O'Neal is the comic's wife and business partner, who helps him beat his drug addiction.

The movie is written and directed by Danny Green.

O'Neal, who is repped by Apa and Untitled Entertainment, will next appear in the Apparition release "The Runaways," which premieres Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival. She appears on the FX series "Rescue Me" and just finished shooting the indie feature "Sweet Lorraine."...