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DEVOTION: Black Label Aims For Early 2021 Start On 1950s War Epic With Jonathan Majors And Glen Powell Starring
Sweetheart helmer J.D. Dillard is revving up to direct war epic, Devotion, based on Adam Makos’s biographical 2014 novel, beginning in February 2021. STXinternational is handling international sales on the project at this year’s virtual Toronto International Film Festival, as announced by Black Media Label on Friday. Actors Jonathan Majors (Da 5 Bloods, ‘Lovecraft Country’) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Hidden Figures) will star in the film from a script by Dillard, revised from a previous draft Jake Crane and Jonathan A. Stewart. Black Label, whose Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill are producing, is fully financing the pic. Devotion takes place in 1950, as the Cold War threatens international peace and racial inequality creates tension across the US. The film centers on two young pilots from different worlds, who are accepted into an elite squadron for training – one is Tom Hudner (Powell), a clean-cut, […]