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Hot film property coming together rather quickly.
Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin (“Stranger Things”), Jharrel Jerome (“When they See Us”), Lorraine Toussaint (“The Village”) and Byron Bowers (“The Chi”) teaming for feature adaptation of Greg Neri’s “Ghetto Cowboy”.
“Cocaine Cowboys”, inspired by the real-life Fletcher Street Stables, a black urban horsemanship community which has existed in Philadelphia for more than 100 years providing a safe haven for the neighborhood, is being directed by Ricky Staub; Staub also co-wrote the script with Dan Walser.
The pic fixes on 5-year-old Cole (McLaughlin) who is taken to live with his estranged father Harp (Elba) in North Philadelphia, where he discovers the city’s vibrant urban cowboy subculture, which flourishes despite the surrounding poverty, violence, and encroachment of gentrification.
Via ‘Deadline‘
