Anthony Mackie Reunites With ‘Hurt Locker’ Director Kathryn Bigelow For Detroit Riots Drama
By Angie Han/Aug. 5, 2016 2:30 pm EST
Bigelow is directing from a script by frequent collaborator Mark Boal. He picked up an Oscar for writing The Hurt Locker (which also won Best Picture that year) and a nomination for Zero Dark Thirty. Both are producing the Detroit riots drama along with Annapurna Pictures’ Megan Ellison and Matthew Budman. Production has just gotten underway. No release date has been set but it’s expected to open next year to mark the 50th anniversary of the riots.
Mackie starred in Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker with Jeremy Renner and Brian Geraghty. He was most recently seen in the HBO movie All the Way and the John Hillcoat crime drama Triple 9. Mackie is one of those actors who seems to pop up everywhere, in everything from big-budget blockbusters to indie dramas to comedies. His upcoming credits include another Avengers sequel and the Johnnie Cochran drama Signal Hill.
