Chiwetel Ejiofor is an exciting young British actor who's performances over the last two years in
Serenity,
Children of Men,
Inside Man and yes even
Kinky Boots have propelled him into being one of the top actors in the country. Indeed, he will soon be starring in the huge
Ridley Scott movie
American Gangster come October time. The news today from
Variety is that Ejiofor will be working with director
David Mamet for the Sony Pictures Classic Jiu-Jitsu movie Redbelt.
"Redbelt" stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as a Jiu-Jitsu master who has eschewed prizefighting tooperate a self-defense studio. When he is conned by a cabal of movie stars and fight promoters, he must enter the ring to fightin order to regain his honor.
The movie will be financed and globally distributed on a small budget of $10 million. An American Samurai-like movie? Are you kidding me.... this sounds awesome. source -
variety