Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Color Purple" director Blitz Bazawule attends the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on Jan. 14 in Santa ...

Variety reports that Bazawule will direct a film based on the samurai Yasuke, one of the most famous samurai in history and one of the most unique, since he was Japan’s first Black samurai. Reportedly ...

In a competitive situation, Warner Bros. has landed “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule’s next project, which takes on the legendary Yasuke, an African warrior who became the first Black ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

*Yasuke, believed to be the first black samurai ever, is about to be featured in full-length action film adaptation. Lionsgate is bringing Asian history to the big screen with this cultural crossover ...

Bazawule, "The Color Purple" director, is set to helm the film, telling the story of an African warrior who became the first Black samurai. A lucky Hollywood studio has landed filmmaker Blitz Bazawule ...

After impressing the industry with his 2018 debut “The Burial of Kojo,” helming episodes of Ava DuVernay’s “Cherish the Day” and working with Beyoncé on her feature-length visual album “Black Is King, ...

A lucky Hollywood studio has landed filmmaker Blitz Bazawule’s coveted next project. The director of “The Color Purple” is set to helm the tentatively titled “Black Samurai” for Warner Bros., which ...