Lakeith

Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune The British musician and filmmaker Jeymes Samuel wanted to make a biblical epic like “Ben-Hur,” with a side order of biblical-adjacent “Spartacus,” but his way. The result is the satiric/earnest/rollicking/mellow amalgam called “The Book of Clarence,” starring LaKeith Stanfield as a dope-dealing striver in 33 A.D. Jerusalem. The trailer looks like an action comedy, and it isn’t that, really, thought it contains both action (chariot street racing, gladiator bone-crunching) and comedy.…

In The Book of Clarence, LaKeith Stanfield teams up with writer director Jeymes Samuel for a biblical comedy about a struggling man in the year 33 AD who attempts to capitalize on Jesus Christ’s popularity by claiming that he is the new messiah. The film garnered positive reactions after its premiere at the London Film Festival, and with Samuel’s sophomore effort (following 2021’s The Harder They Fall) hitting theaters on January 12, critics are weighing in on the flick.Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield is in good…

There’s still time to read Victor LaValle’s novel The Changeling before its adaptation arrives on Apple TV+ in September—and even if you’ve already read it, these first-look images at starsLaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo will make you want to pick it up again. They, and the adaptation, look absolutely spot-on.Teyonah Parris and John Boyega on Working With Jamie Foxx | io9 InterviewThe official logline from Apple TV+ only reveals this: “Based on the acclaimed best-selling book of the same name by Victor LaValle, The…

SZA has delivered her new song “Shirt.”Released alongside a cinematic Dave Meyers-directed video co-starring Atlanta’s LaKeith Stanfield, “Shirt” is the TDE signee’s first new solo song since she dropped “I Hate U” last year. In an interview with Aria Hughes for a Complex cover story, SZA said “Shirt” marked her fulfilling a long-held dream to work with producer Rodney Jerkins, a.k.a. Darkchild.The track is expected to show up on the long-awaited follow-up to her 2017 debut Ctrl, which was reissued back in June with a…

Lakeith Stanfield thinks actors take themselves too seriously. It’s why he says he loved watching Ricky Gervais skewer the crowd at the recent Golden Globes, imploring the winners to “accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God, and f*** off”.“It’s nice to just knock everybody off their pedestal,” says Stanfield, laughing. “Nothing gave me more joy than seeing them all squirm. It was very entertaining.”The California-born star of the brilliantly absurdist Sorry to Bother You generally believes everyone needs…