Fresh off an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his breakout performance in “Short Term 12,” Keith Stanfield has joined the cast of Ava DuVernay’s MLK movie “Selma,” TheWrap has learned.
Paramount had no comment.
Oprah Winfrey is producing with Brad Pitt and his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, as well as Christian Coulson and Pathe’s Cameron McCracken.
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The drama follows MLK’s landmark 1965 voting rights campaign, which is regarded as the peak of the civil rights movement.