Gina Prince-Bythewood To Direct ‘Woman King’ For Viola Davis

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In the wake of Netflix recently streaming Skydance’s Old Guard, that pic’s director Gina Prince-Bythewood is looking to direct The Woman King at TriStar for Oscar winner Viola Davis.

The movie is set in The Kingdom of Dahomey, which was a powerful state of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. Davis will play Nanisca, the general of an all-female military unit, who alongside her daughter Nawi, crusade against the French and regional tribes who violated their honor, enslaved their people and threatened to destroy everything they’re about.

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Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment is producing with Davis and Julius Tennon of JuVee Productions and Maria Bello of Jack Blue Productions.

Variety first had the news.

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