The projects have been in development for three years
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Three cast members have also been cast for the pilot
DuVernay will pen the pilot for the potential series alongside Arrow alum Jill Blankenship
The limited series will be led by Rosario Dawson
DuVernay will executive produce the series alongside showrunner/creator/writer Roberto Patino
The former football star will executive produce the series and narrate the pilot
The movie is based on the novel Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents written by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson
The unscripted series will see filmmakers exploring some of the most iconic shots in film history
Kaepernick will narrate and EP Colin in Black & White
David Oyelowo starred as the late civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Director Ava DuVernay has announced that she is currently working on the fourth draft of the New Gods screenplay with co-writer Tom King
The pilot is based on Vertigo’s comic book series of the same name
DuVernay is currently developing DMZ for WB’s HBO Max and New Gods for the DCEU
Dawn is an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s 1987 science-fiction novel of the same name
Miyares will star alongside Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt
The Grammy-winning rapper died last year at the age of 33