Film & TV NewsOne Night in Miami…, Directed by Regina King and Starring Leslie Odom Jr., Sets ReleaseThe December release will be followed by a global launch on Amazon Prime Video.
By
Andrew Gans
October 02, 2020
The cast of Regina King's One Night in Miami…Amazon Studios
Oscar and Emmy winner Regina King’s feature directorial debut, One Night in Miami…, starring Hamilton Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. as Sam Cooke, will be released by Amazon Studios December 25. A global launch will follow January 15, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video.
Written by Olivier nominee Kemp Powers (based on his 2013 stage play), the film also features Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X, Eli Goree as Cassius Clay, and Aldis Hodge as Jim Brown.
Set on the night of February 25, 1964, One Night in Miami… follows a young Cassius Clay (before he became Muhammad Ali) as he emerges from the Miami Beach Convention Center the new World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Clay, unable to stay on the island because of Jim Crow-era segregation laws, spends the night at the Hampton House Motel in one of Miami's historically black neighborhoods celebrating with three of his closest friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football star Jim Brown.
In a statement director King said, "To complete and release a film within the same year is a difficult task. We welcomed the challenge because we knew now was the time for this film to be released. Amazon fully supported our intention and I could not be more excited this prescient story will be seen across the globe."
Producers are Jess Wu Calder and Keith Calder of Snoot Entertainment and Jody Klein of ABKCO; King and Powers are executive producers. Chris Harding and Paul O. Davis also executive produce.
The film also features the original song “Speak Now,” written by Odom Jr. and Sam Ashford, and performed by Odom Jr.; ABKCO will release the original soundtrack album in conjunction with the film.
0
of
Look Back at Hamilton Tony Winner Leslie Odom, Jr.’s Career Highlights
Look Back at Hamilton Tony Winner Leslie Odom, Jr.’s Career Highlights
30 PHOTOS
Front: Kecia Lewis-Evans and Leslie Odom, Jr.
Back: Dennis Stowe and Bryce Ryness
Jarrod Emick, Charlie Williams and Leslie Odom, Jr.
Leslie Odom, Jr. and Kecia Lewis-Evans
Leslie Odom Jr. ("Sam Strickland") and Megan Hilty ("Ivy Lynn") in Season 2, Episode 8: "The Bells and Whistles"
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr. on Law & Order: SVU
NBCUniversal
Matt Sax and Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr. and Haaz Sleiman
Leslie Odom Jr., Haaz Sleiman (center) and the cast
Joan Marcus
Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo and Leslie Odom Jr. starred in the City Center's Encores! Off-Center staging of Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM!
Joan Marcus
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom, Jr in Hamilton
Joan Marcus
Leslie Odom, Jr and the company of Hamilton
Joan Marcus
Carleigh Bettiol, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Anthony Ramos in Hamilton
Joan Marcus
Leslie Odom Jr. and Ingrid Michaelson
Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
Leslie Odom Jr
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Monica Simoes
Leslie Odom Jr.
Frank Ockenfels 3/FOX
Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Daisy Ridley, and Leslie Odom Jr.
Nicola Dove/Twentieth Century Fox Film
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Patrick Harbron/CBS
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr. in Harriet
Glen Wilson/Focus Features
Owen (voiced by Leslie Odom Jr.) in Central Park
Paige (voiced by Kathryn Hahn) and Owen (voiced by Leslie Odom Jr.) in Central Park
Leslie Odom, Jr. in Hamilton
Disney+
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr. in Hamilton
The Great Performances broadcast features interviews with Tony winners Patti LuPone, Katrina Lenk, Marianne Elliott, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the late Sondheim.
The broadcast, featuring Jacob Ming-Trent, Pascale Armand, and Susan Kelechi Watson, is part of Great Performances' fifth annual Broadway’sBest series.