L.A.-Set Timeless Black Samurai Revenge Thriller, YASUKE: DESCENDANTS, Sets Next Venture For 3 Strands Of Rope Productions
EXCLUSIVE: Actor and filmmaker Calvert David Miles is currently enveloping himself in the development and pre-production phases of his second narrative project, Yasuke: Descendants. The film takes a page from history noted in recent years of online hype signaling the latest in forthcoming theatrical tellings of the first and only recorded samurai of African descent to serve Lord Nobunaga Oda in the 16th century. Concept artwork Brotherhood, jealousy and revenge are key factors in Miles’s script which lays the groundwork for a fictional tale across time, one that now sees two L.A. gang leaders, Phoenix and Ryo – consanguineal to Yusuke and his rival, the Lord’s brother, Akechi – at odds. Following a deadly raid on both gangs and the seizure of Phoenix’s lost family heirloom – a mystical sword passed down from father to son, tragedy further escalates in parallel with the desire for vengeance between Phoenix, and Wess […]