{"id":12444,"date":"2022-09-09T16:16:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:00:54","slug":"will-omar-sy-play-black-samurai-in-netflixs-yasuke-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12444","title":{"rendered":"Will Omar Sy Play Black Samurai in Netflix&#8217;s Yasuke Series?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Photo by Emmanuel Guimier<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/yasuke-live-action-omar-sy-1235214866\/\">the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, Omar Sy is being considered to play the role of Yasuke, an enslaved African who became a samurai in feudal Japan as a comrade-in-arms to the legendary Oda Nobunaga. <br \/><br \/>The <em><strong>Yasuke<\/strong> <\/em>series will draw on Craig Shreve\u2019s soon-to-be published novel <em>African Samurai<\/em>, which 21 Laps optioned for source material. It\u2019s all part of a five-part live-action series that Netflix is developing with screenwriter Nick Jones, Jr.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/brightoneye.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/neurontin.html\">neurontin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br>, who\u2019d written its anime adaptation of <em>Yasuke<\/em> in 2021.<br \/><br \/>\u201cGetting a chance to finally bring Yasuke\u2019s legendary true story to life has been a dream of mine ever since I served in Japan as a Marine,\u201d Jones told reporters.<br \/><br \/>Executive producers for the proposed series include Jones and Sy as well as Shawn Levy, Forest Whitaker, and Nina Yang Bongiovi, working under the banner of 21 Laps.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/brightoneye.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/vibramycin.html\">vibramycin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><br \/><br \/>Bongiovi expressed enthusiasm for the series, declaring that \u201cThis is the perfect project for what Forest and I strive for \u2014 the intersectionality of two cultures through great storytelling, To bring a real-life, historical figure to the forefront, paired with incredible action, with faces that represent both Black and Asian heritage \u2014 behind the camera and in front of the camera \u2014 equates a total dream scenario.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Omar Sy is a 44-year-old French actor who came to prominence in 2011 for his role in the comedy-drama film <em><strong>The Intouchables<\/strong><\/em>. He most recently appeared in the Netflix series <em><strong>Lupin<\/strong> <\/em>(2021-present) and <em><strong>The Takedown<\/strong><\/em> (2022). He was quoted as saying \u201cI\u2019ve been inspired by Yasuke for quite a while, With this superb team, we are creating a remarkable series showcasing what it meant to be an African samurai in Japanese history. The action sequences alone are going to be phenomenal and ingenious.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The Yasuke story has been featured in various manga, anime, and video games. 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The Yasuke series will draw on Craig Shreve\u2019s soon-to-be published novel African Samurai, which 21 Laps optioned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[11724,3276,11725,8007,92,11726,7563,381],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will Omar Sy Play Black Samurai in Netflix&#039;s Yasuke Series? | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12444\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will Omar Sy Play Black Samurai in Netflix&#039;s Yasuke Series? | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photo by Emmanuel Guimier According to the Hollywood Reporter, Omar Sy is being considered to play the role of Yasuke, an enslaved African who became a samurai in feudal Japan as a comrade-in-arms to the legendary Oda Nobunaga. 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