Movie News: Ryan Coogler & Michael B. Jordan - SINNERS - jim crow era vampire flick (SPOILERS OPEN!!!)

'Sinners' Rotten Tomatoes Score Breaks 10 Records
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‘Sinners’ Lands Highest CinemaScore for an Original R-Rated Horror Film Ever
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'Sinners' is the Highest-Rated Horror Movie on Rotten Tomatoes
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The rumors were that majors was suppose to be his brother. And the way he was acting i kinda believe it.
ThaBurgerPimp said:
Imagine if all the vampires were Black and the main leads were White..

Speaking of Majors,if Coogler and MBJ decide to expand upon the Sinners-verse down the line they better call him up..have a part for his Coretta as well :giggle:
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dtownsfinest said:
Yep that shit was funny too…..then the end of the movie come I’m like oh shit this movie ain’t over the Klan foolishly showed up lol.
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It's wild how everything's connected. The Klan was going to come in robes, but The white chick never finished making the robes (see the scene with the Native Americans) so they came without the robes
 
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godofwine said:
Sinners Star Delroy Lindo on What’s Going on With Blade, His Other Vampire Movie
By Derek Lawrence, a freelance writer who covers film and TV

One day Delroy Lindo received an unexpected text from Creed and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler: “Do you play piano?” Technically, the answer was no, but Lindo mentioned that he had done some practice three decades earlier for Spike Lee’s 1994 film Crooklyn, in which he played a struggling musician. “There were a couple other texts back and forth,” recalls the 72-year-old actor. “And finally I said, ‘What’s this about, bro?’”

After spending nearly the last decade working on his Black Panther duology, Coogler had written Sinners, a new original story about twin brothers returning to their small Mississippi hometown in 1932 to open a club. Coogler’s go-to collaborator, Michael B. Jordan, was set to play both Smoke and Stack, who cut their teeth as gangsters in Chicago. Coogler questioned Lindo’s possible piano skills because he wanted him as Delta Slim, a musician whose instrumental talents are only surpassed by his thirst for alcohol. Wanting to go big for opening night, Stack makes Slim an offer to perform that he can’t refuse.

“He sent me the script, I read it, and of course I had some notes,” Lindo says of Coogler eventually telling him about Sinners. “Once we started exchanging on that level, we were off to the races.”

Starting a small business is already hard enough, but imagine a group of blood-sucking vampires showing up and asking to be let in! Unfortunately for Smoke, Stack, Slim and their friends, an epic first evening turns into a bloody nightmare when evil comes knocking.

If Lindo signing on for a vampire movie sounds familiar, you’re not mistaken. Back in 2021, Lindo was cast in Marvel’s highly-anticipated Blade film, which immediately became one of the most-anticipated MCU projects when it was announced in 2019 that two-time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali would take on the role made famous by Wesley Snipes. But, now six years after that now-infamous Comic-Con panel, multiple directors and writers have entered and exited the picture, no filming start or release date is known, and Lindo has moved on from Blade to Sinners.

You mentioned Crooklyn, but, 30 years removed from that, how did you go about preparing to at least look like a believable piano and harmonica player?
Ludwig Göransson and his wife Serena [McKinney] were the musical directors on the film, and they’re really good at what they do. It was a very immersive process with them, piano, harmonica, singing. Unfortunately, none of my singing is in the finished cut — but that’s not because I can’t sing! [Laughs.] I don’t know, maybe other people might have a different opinion about that. Ludwig and Serena are very consistent, and it wasn’t easy, but it was very intentional and we were all moving in the same direction, knowing what needed to be achieved.

There are two very specific types of acting that I’m always fascinated with: phone-acting and drunk-acting. Here, you pull off some great physical comedy in regards to Delta’s fondness for alcohol, whether it be his reaction to an Irish beer being cracked open, or when he takes the garlic and appears to be turning into a vampire. That has to be a fine line to walk, right? Like, you don’t want to risk going too far and being a caricature.

I hear what you’re saying, and I understand why you’re saying it, but, from my standpoint, being in the scene and manifesting those moments, yes, I did have the idea of, I have been drinking, but, believe it or not, I don’t think I deconstructed it down to, oh, I have to act drunk. In what I was trying to do, there was a playfulness and lightness that contributed to how I navigated those scenes. It came down to not specifically working on the drunken aspect, but working on some other components that I hoped would convey the drunkenness.

Over the years, you’ve acted opposite so many different types of leading men, including Denzel Washington, Jet Li, Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. On Sinners, you had this unique experience with Michael, watching him portray two characters. Was there something in particular that struck you about Michael?

Michael’s humanness, his down-to-earthness. From the beginning, with me, Michael was an open vessel. He was incredibly complimentary of me and what my work has meant to him. And it wasn’t fawning, it wasn’t obsequious. It was just really one professional to another, but there was an openness about the way that he communicated that to me, and it gave a relaxedness to the work. Sometimes when one is working with a big movie star — which is what Michael is, aside from being a very fine actor — it’s not always a given that one can have that kind of relaxedness and ease of communication, but certainly that was the case with Michael B. Jordan.

For me, as a movie fan, the announcement of this project was thrilling because it meant that Ryan was back to creating his own original content. Like with actors, you’ve worked with an incredible list of directors, such as John Woo, David Mamet, Ron Howard, and your frequent collaborator Spike Lee. In your eyes, what makes Ryan a unique talent?

He’s very clear about what he wants to do and how he wants to go about doing it. There’s a profound generosity of spirit and an openness with Ryan, as a communicator, a storyteller, a colleague, a collaborator. And I cannot speak highly enough about what that means to be an actor and have that kind of communication with one’s director; it just makes everything easier.

You, Ryan and Michael share this connection through your relationships with the late Chadwick Boseman. You and Spike partnered up with him for Da 5 Bloods, while Ryan and Michael had their historic collaboration with him on Black Panther. On Sinners, was that something that would come up between you all, or that you thought about?
We talked about Chadwick, intermittently. To your point, I’d like to believe it’s kind of an unspoken bond, in terms of our appreciation and respect for him, our grief at his no longer being here — even though everybody expresses grief differently. And that was not a part of our conversations, but it was certainly something that one was aware of. I would say that the overall dynamic with Chadwick had to do with a recollection of what a fine actor and gentleman he was.


If we look at your last three films, Da 5 Bloods, The Harder They Fall, and now Sinners, you’ve found success in these great ensembles of Black actors, in projects from Black directors. And these aren’t some small movies, like there’s real investment there. Is that something you’ve noticed and been conscious of, and do you have hope that those continued wins will make movies like these more and more frequent in the industry?

I’ll be thrilled if that happens. I’m a circumspect individual, and so therefore I don’t assume anything. However, these filmmakers, and I do include Spike in this, even though Spike has been around a lot longer than Jeymes Samuels and Ryan Coogler, but this crest of creativity — in my own personal experience, Da 5 Bloods, The Harder They Fall, Sinners — represents a positioning of a creative bar at a certain level.

And yes, I pray that the positioning of that bar continues to move upwards. I don’t know if Jeymes and Ryan are part of a new wave of creative workers, but I hope so. And I hope that their work, as well as that of Spike, who laid the groundwork for these kinds of filmmakers and a whole slew of actors like myself, continues to blossom. We shall see.

You’re starring in Sinners, a movie featuring vampires, and this comes on the heels of you initially being cast in Mahershala Ali’s Blade, also a movie featuring vampires. Is that just pure coincidence, or did you just really want to kill some vampires?
I’m not drawn to vampires, per se. [Laughs.] I’d like to believe I’m drawn to good work, good filmmaking, good filmmakers, and good storytelling. But no, just coincidence.


I remember everyone thinking what a no-brainer it was to do a Blade movie with Mahershala Ali. And, from the outside, it’s kind of shocking to believe how hard it apparently has been to make that a reality. As someone who was involved with it at one point, what appealed to you about the prospect of Blade?
There were a couple of components. The filmmakers and the top brass at Marvel were very open to my input from the very beginning, and that was encouraging and affirming. And then when I started speaking with the person who was attached to direct at the time, Bassam [Tariq], the writer, the producers, there was just an incredible openness to my input. And, as we started discussing back and forth, the kernels of a character, of a human being started to develop, and that really, really excited me. I think the character was likely going to be a leader of his community. I’m not sure how much can be said, or where things stand with that, per se, and things were still in development.


Blade is somehow the second Marvel project that you’ve signed onto but hasn’t seen the light of day. Back in 2016, you starred in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff pilot Marvel’s Most Wanted, which ABC elected to not pick up to series. I don’t know, are you starting to take this personal?
Maybe the third time will be the charm!

Even if you aren’t involved, do you hope that Mahershala still gets his shot to be Blade?
Yeah, I have no idea what the status of that project is, but if it moves forward, with or without me, more power to ‘em.

Other than maybe finally having a Marvel gig work out, what’s left on the Delroy Lindo career bucket list?
I have a project that I am going to direct. It’s a property that I bought the rights to some years ago, and I’ve been in the business of fundraising, financing. I can’t say too much about it yet, but I’m very committed to seeing that project get made. And I’m writing a memoir-ish book. I think it’s a story that deserves to be told, and it’s a story that I’m excited about being part of telling.

And the third thing I would say that’s exciting me right now is, and I’m not being coy or flippant with this, but I’m just really excited that I’m continuing to work on projects of quality. Because none of this is promised. At this stage of my career, I have seen talented actors fall between the cracks for whatever reason, talented actors who don’t get the shot. And the fact that I’m still here working is deeply, deeply, deeply gratifying.
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Oh yeah this one thing I wanted to say. I keep saying Delroy a goat ever since I watched Romeo must die. So fk Hollywood
 
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keone said:
Oh yeah this one thing I wanted to say. I keep saying Delroy a goat ever since I watched Romeo must die. So fk Hollywood
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Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delroy_Lindo#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

He moved with his mother to San Francisco when he was 16, after they had left London and lived in Canada for a few years. Here he completed his education and entered acting. Lindo has played prominent roles in four Spike Lee films: West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul in Da 5 Bloods (2020). He was praised for his performance in Da 5 Bloods as a Vietnam War veteran, winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.

Lindo also played Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter on the series Believe (2014), and as Adrian Boseman in The Good Fight (2017–2021).
 
Helico-pterFunk said:
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Delroy Lindo - Wikipedia

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Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delroy_Lindo#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

He moved with his mother to San Francisco when he was 16, after they had left London and lived in Canada for a few years. Here he completed his education and entered acting. Lindo has played prominent roles in four Spike Lee films: West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul in Da 5 Bloods (2020). He was praised for his performance in Da 5 Bloods as a Vietnam War veteran, winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.

Lindo also played Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter on the series Believe (2014), and as Adrian Boseman in The Good Fight (2017–2021).
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Goat

Coogler grew up on his movies. And u see what happens when the right people get power.
 
Helico-pterFunk said:
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Delroy Lindo - Wikipedia

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Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delroy_Lindo#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

He moved with his mother to San Francisco when he was 16, after they had left London and lived in Canada for a few years. Here he completed his education and entered acting. Lindo has played prominent roles in four Spike Lee films: West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul in Da 5 Bloods (2020). He was praised for his performance in Da 5 Bloods as a Vietnam War veteran, winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.

Lindo also played Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter on the series Believe (2014), and as Adrian Boseman in The Good Fight (2017–2021).
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The Chicago Code was the shit. 13 episode mid season replacement with Jennifer beals as the police chief and Delroy Lindo as the alderman. I loved that show. Unfortunately, it only made it half a season, but I still have it on my hard drive
 
DC_Dude said:
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I love dude's collab mentality. And people fuck with him so hard that they keep coming back. His director or photography, his costume designer, his set designer, his music man (I drew a blank real quick on what the fuck to call dude), his lead actor and so many more Come back and keep fucking with dude because he's a brilliant dude.

I love it
keone said:
I get it but sometimes just do it like nike
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Unfortunately , right or wrong, some people are just too hot to touch, and it's unfortunate. The court of public opinion, the judgmental white people can keep you from being simply because somebody got a bug up their ass for you, and it could hold a project back..

After the harder they fall and Creed 3 I thought Jonathan majors was as high as he could get, AntMan 3 be damned, and someone took a sniper rifle to his career.

If the scant rumors are true that he was originally set to be cast as the fraternal twin brother of Michael B Jordan, even if nothing changed and the movie was exactly the way it was, it would have thrown everything off from the cast having to answer questions about him, to the director having to answer questions on why he cast him, to him having to answer questions about the situation instead of about the movie

It would be like casting Bill Cosby as the grandpa in a movie now. Even though Bill Cosby is an all-time great, legend, has done so much for black people that much of this world would never know, including hiring people and giving a start to careers of people who are outcast or not even considered by Hollywood. Adam Sandler, Blair Underwood, and Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy), Erika Alexander and so many more got their first shot on the Cosby show, and because of what he was accused of none of that matters now

I do hope Jonathan majors bounces back, because he's a damn good actor
 
KingTaharqa said:
No, you ooga boogas always want to play Black Americans on screen and ride the wave of our stories.
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Yo brush ur teeth before. Quoting me 3 times. I got a 1 limit credit for ur idiotic peeps. And ya mama got slayed by a non fba hate to crush ur dreams .
 
playahaitian said:
nah bro.

You can't just do that for EVERYBODY.

That man needed to fix his situation. He was still guilty of a string of poor judgment calls and was talking reckless.
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Its timing. Y see the movie releas? With this and magazine dreams he would be back on top. Again is us need to uplift us
 
godofwine said:
I love dude's collab mentality. And people fuck with him so hard that they keep coming back. His director or photography, his costume designer, his set designer, his music man (I drew a blank real quick on what the fuck to call dude), his lead actor and so many more Come back and keep fucking with dude because he's a brilliant dude.

I love it

Unfortunately , right or wrong, some people are just too hot to touch, and it's unfortunate. The court of public opinion, the judgmental white people can keep you from being simply because somebody got a bug up their ass for you, and it could hold a project back..

After the harder they fall and Creed 3 I thought Jonathan majors was as high as he could get, AntMan 3 be damned, and someone took a sniper rifle to his career.

If the scant rumors are true that he was originally set to be cast as the fraternal twin brother of Michael B Jordan, even if nothing changed and the movie was exactly the way it was, it would have thrown everything off from the cast having to answer questions about him, to the director having to answer questions on why he cast him, to him having to answer questions about the situation instead of about the movie

It would be like casting Bill Cosby as the grandpa in a movie now. Even though Bill Cosby is an all-time great, legend, has done so much for black people that much of this world would never know, including hiring people and giving a start to careers of people who are outcast or not even considered by Hollywood. Adam Sandler, Blair Underwood, and Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy), Erika Alexander and so many more got their first shot on the Cosby show, and because of what he was accused of none of that matters now

I do hope Jonathan majors bounces back, because he's a damn good actor
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U are right but it wasn't just some one ot was a cac. A CCAC. So who to bring him back ? Lets stop being scared. They gave this man 90 million when he deserved at least 100 to 120 like anyone else
 
keone said:
Yo brush ur teeth before. Quoting me 3 times. I got a 1 limit credit for ur idiotic peeps. And ya mama got slayed by a non fba hate to crush ur dreams .
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Oogas boogas only play Black Americans because crackers don't want to hear their real accents. This movie in particular is carried by a Black American lead. If it was led by an ooga booga it would've flopped.
 
keone said:
Its timing. Y see the movie releas? With this and magazine dreams he would be back on top. Again is us need to uplift us
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So what is Majors responsibility? Shouldn't he be held to the same standard?

Shouldn't he be committed to not reducing us? Because we seen Coogler is. Delroy is. MJB is. So was Chadwick (RIP)

Majors was in a long term toxic relationship with a problematic white girl... that apparently MANY people TOLD hm to stop

So THEIR career needs to suffer cause he got jungle fever?
 
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