John Boyega joins Kathryn Bigelow's movie about the Detroit riots
John Boyega's post-Force Awakens life is filling up with plum roles.
The actor is joining the cast of Kathryn Bigelow's film about the 1967 Detroit Riots, with a script by longtime collaborator Mark Boal. It'll also be Bigelow's first film since Zero Dark Thirty in 2012.
Boyega's role is still under wraps for now, but he shared the news in a tweet with the hashtag #12thstreet, referring to the street where the riots began.
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The English actor also tweeted a photo from the Detroit Riots, of a young boy raising his hands in front of a group of national guardsmen. Forty-three people died in the riots, which were kicked off after a police raid led to racially charged conflict between citizens and police.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
