{"id":1880,"date":"2018-03-21T13:24:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:23:48","slug":"michael-b-jordan-set-produce-wwii-action-drama-called-liberators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/michael-b-jordan-set-produce-wwii-action-drama-called-liberators\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael B. Jordan Set To Produce Historical WWII Action-Drama Called \u2018The Liberators\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1882\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1882 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/michael-b-jordan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/michael-b-jordan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/michael-b-jordan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/michael-b-jordan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/michael-b-jordan-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CARL TIMPONE\/BFA\/REX\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em>Black Panther\u2019s<\/em> Michael B. Jordan has landed a new project, and will produce a World War II action-drama called <em>The Liberators, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/news\/michael-b-jordan-the-liberators-warner-bros-1202730178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> reports. The historical film will be made through Jordan\u2019s own entertainment company, Outlier Society Productions, along with Safehouse Pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Written by Madison Turner, <em>The Liberators<\/em> is based on the 761<sup>st<\/sup> Tank Battalion, a fully African-American combat unit whose bravery led to the desegregation of armed forces. Known as the \u201cBlack Panthers,\u201d the legendary 761<sup>st<\/sup> were referred to as \u201cone of the most effective tank battalions in World War II.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Currently, it has not yet been determined if Jordan will star in <em>The Liberators<\/em>. According to Variety, the Award-winning actor is also working on a Sci-Fi drama for Netflix, directing the film adaptation for <em>The Stars Beneath Our Feet<\/em>, and starring in <em>The Thomas Crowne Affair<\/em>. Jordan will also star in HBO\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/michael-b-jordan-sets-fire-books-fahrenheit-451-teaser-trailer\/\">Fahrenheit 451<\/a><\/em>, which will premiere in May.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Panther\u2019s Michael B. Jordan has landed a new project, and will produce a World War II action-drama called The Liberators, Variety reports. The historical film will be made through Jordan\u2019s own entertainment company, Outlier Society Productions, along with Safehouse Pictures. Written by Madison Turner, The Liberators is based on the 761st Tank Battalion, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,176],"tags":[31,69,51],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-news","tag-featured","tag-michael-b-jordan","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}