Anthony Mackie set to make directorial debut with Spark

By Express News Service

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier-star Anthony Mackie is all set to make his function directorial debut with a drama titled Spark. The movie has actor Saniyya Sidney connected to star.

Sidney will play the function of Claudette Colvin, an unsung hero of the Civil Rights period. At 15, Colvin was arrested after refusing to surrender her seat on a crowded, segregated bus in Mongomery, Alabama. 

Notably, the incident occurred 9 months earlier than the Rosa Parks incident, which elevated Parks as an emblem of Civil Rights motion. Though she was first embraced by historical past, Colvin had in the end brushed apart because the face of the civil rights motion.

Spark has a script written by Niceole R Levy. Mackie may even produce the movie with Kellon Akeem, Jason Michael Berman and Marc Ambrose. The movie will probably be a co-production between Make it with Gravy Productions, Mansa Productions, Mandalay Pictures in Association with Ambergreen Entertainment.

Sidney, who was final seen reverse Will Smith in King Richard, will probably be seen subsequent taking part in Sasha Obama in The First Lady. Mackie, however, lately starred in Desert Warrior. He is about to play Captain America within the upcoming fourth Captain America film within the Marvel franchise.