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Academy Award - winning thespian Morgan Freeman , whose on - screen curriculum vitae already includes multiple portrayal ofhigh government functionary , will play former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in the biopicPowellfrom director Reginald Hudlin . Black Pantheractor Chadwick Boseman cancurrently be seenplaying a pre - Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall inMarshall , another Reginald Hudlin - directed biopic .
Vietnam War veteran and four - star full general Powell began his Washington career as National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan , afterwards go on to service as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and at long last Secretary of State under George W. Bush . As Secretary of State , Powell controversially helped sell the United Nations on the United States ' intrusion of Iraq by offer alleged grounds of WMDs in a telecast demonstration .
THRreports that Morgan Freeman , a man who has play many a sinewy soul in his day , will tackle the theatrical role of Colin Powell in a biopic fromMarshalldirector Reginald Hudlin . Ed Whitworth penned the script , a 2011 Black List selection , which covers Powell ’s controversial time in George W. Bush ’s White House . The movie is being produced by Hyde Park Entertainment and Freeman ’s own Revelations Entertainment , with Freeman getting an executive producer credit .
With his commanding comportment and smooth outspoken delivery , Freeman has long been considered one of Hollywood ’s proficient actors at depict government officials and other hoi polloi in position of office . Freeman ’s first memorable humankind - in - charge function come in 1989 when he played hard - nosed school principal Joe Clark in the biopicLean On Me . Freeman played the president in the catastrophe movieDeep Impact , and later played Speaker of the House and then vice - president Trumbull in the Gerard Butler action vehiclesOlympus Has FallenandLondon Has come down . The actor has been a Supreme Court Justice Department too , playing Chief Justice Wilbourne on the seriesMadame Secretary . He reached the meridian of his life history playing brawny entity when he take on the function of God inBruce Almightyand its sequelEvan Almighty .
Freeman has also portrayed more than his parcel of military gentleman’s gentleman , playing Sgt . Major John Rawlins in the sprawling war epicGlory , General Billy Ford in the thrillerOutbreakand Col . Abraham Curtis ( of the memorably bizarre eyebrows ) in thenotoriously badStephen King adaptationDreamcatcher . Freeman has played a handful of notable real - life figures over the course of his career as well , including Malcolm X in an early - career goggle box moving-picture show and Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood’sInvictus . Freeman has five Oscar nominations , win Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Eastwood’sMillion Dollar Baby .
WithMarshallgarneringgood reviews , Hudlin is a music director gaining steam in Hollywood , and hisPowellbiopic with Freeman in the star is trusted to be on a lot of people ’s radio detection and ranging screens as a potential laurels contender when it arrives in theaters .
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