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Denzel Washington Will Lead the Charge as Hannibal​

The two-time Oscar winner is taking on the role of the famous general in a new film from Antoine Fuqua.

Denzel Washington has played corrupt cops, ex-ballplayers, drunk pilots, and Thane of Cawdor; now he’s taking on one of the greatest military leaders in recorded history. The two-timeAcademy Award winner just signed on to play Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who famously led an army of warriors and elephants across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.

The currently untitled film will be directed by Washington’s regular collaborator Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer films) and written by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo). In a first-look deal with Netflix, Washington and Fuqua will also produce, as part of Fuqua’s production company, Hill District Media.

No release date is on the horizon yet, but Hannibal will be marching onto Netflix in the near future. Keep your eyes peeled for more battlefield updates.

 

[drfuzzyballs]

Somehow not from a parody site.

 

[Chongqing]

They were Phoenicians...they were Semites...they were like the jews.

 

[Breadbassket]

Black Cleopatra, now black Hannibal. What's next, black Julius Caesar? I am curious where this goes though.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Black Cleopatra, now black Hannibal. What's next, black Julius Caesar? I am curious where this goes though.

I'm looking forward to black Hitler.

 

[kartofel]

We wuz generalz!

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

I'm looking forward to black Hitler.

I think it’s funny that in some of the more recent shooters you can literally be a black lesbian fighting for the Nazis.

 

[WonderWino]

They were Phoenicians...they were Semites...they were like the jews.

Exactly. You beat me to it. Unsurprisingly, people assume that because carthage is in africa it must mean everyone who lives there is black. Carthage started as a phoenician colony, which as you said were semites, related to modern jews and arabs

At this rate I won't be surprised if they portray scipio africanus as black simply because he has africanus in his name

 

[Getting Tard Comed Jr]

I'm down. Writers very good, director is good and Denzel is amazing. Hopefully it'll be good.

 

[Chilson]

I hate the race swapping of history, but it is Denzel Washington...

 

[evilsponge]

I was almost interested until I read it was a Netflix production

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

Well this is kinda Shitty

Vin Diesel has been talking about this project for years and now they take it away from him just to hand it off to Denzel?

Not that Denzel doesn't have the acting chops but we all know why Vin was passed over in favour of Denzel.

Ah fuck who am I kidding, I was never going to watch this either way. Fuck Netfilx and fuck Hollywood.

I do like Vin though, he seems like a stand up guy from all I've ever heard. A little touch of the swollen head due to all his success but I can forgive that because I just love the Riddick movies. Yes even the weird space one with Karl Urban...who I also enjoy. Dread was ball lickingly good.

wait...what was my point again? I dunno....fuck Hollywood?

 

[Nicholas II of Russia]

I love Denzel Washington so I might give this a try?

Oh wait, it's from Netflix, nevermind.

 

[Chongqing]

Exactly. You beat me to it. Unsurprisingly, people assume that because carthage is in africa it must mean everyone who lives there is black. Carthage started as a phoenician colony, which as you said were semites, related to modern jews and arabs

At this rate I won't be surprised if they portray scipio africanus as black simply because he has africanus in his name

Imagine being half indigenous Algerian and trying to explain to black people your whole life that you are in fact African.

It's part of why African American isn't a good way to describe black people, because half the population of Africa isn't black.

Anyway, I hate this blackwashing of the ancient Mediterranean.

 

[Caligurette]

Black Cleopatra, now black Hannibal. What's next, black Julius Caesar? I am curious where this goes though.

Black Anne Frank.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Pedro Pascal will play his sex slave

 

[Rubick]

Christ, why not cast Alexander Siddig who played hannibal before. Will cost less and is a superior actor.

 

[Solomon Bundy]

He's no George Peppard! Denzel wouldn't have even made a good B.A. Baracaus! I hate all these woke Hollywood remakes!

 

[Breadbassket]

Black Anne Frank.

That one may happen eventually.

What happens if a Black woman plays Anne Frank?​

“Anne,” from filmmaker Adi Eshman and director Desiree Abeyta, confronts these questions head-on. Originally a short play by Eshman, the film is now premiering on the Jewish film festival circuit.

As the film begins, Lauren is preparing to audition for the role of Anne in the stage production of the diary. When she shows up, a Black woman, Mia, is exiting the audition room, and the two recognize each other.

When Lauren realizes they are both reading for Anne, she’s uncomfortable. “I just don’t know how I feel about you trying out for this play,” she tells Mia. “My grandmother was a survivor, and now as a Jewish American, I feel like it’s my responsibility to bring Anne’s story to the stage.”

“Well, when I first read her diary, she spoke to my soul — her ideas had a huge impact on me,” retorts Mia. “Anyone can portray an idea.”

Mia points out that neither actor knows what it was like to be a Jewish person in the 1940s, but, as a Black woman, she knows what it’s like to experience oppression today.

The exchange not only hits on the question of Anne Frank, but also neatly encapsulates the two sides of an ongoing debate today over representation in casting. Discussions about Jewish casting — or “Jewface” — pop up in news cycle after news cycle, whether Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Helen Mirren as Golda Meir.

But the question grows far more complex when a Black woman is put in the role; while people of color have long been barred from roles otherwise seen as “universal,” an injustice modern casting is trying to rectify, white Jews have often been able to play a variety of roles. Yet is Anne a universal role?

 

[Alexander Thaut]

i thought this was about hannibal lecter and was gonna ask if he washed his meat in detergent before cooking it with cornstarch