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Amma Asante will direct racial drama “A United Kingdom”, a Pathe International financed piece that’ll star David Oyelowo (“Selma”) and Rosamund Pike (“Girl Girl”).
According to THR, the Guy Hibbert-written film “tells the true story of Seretse Khama, a member of the royal family in the country of Bechuanaland, a former English colony and south African nation that would one day become Botswana, with Khama serving as the country’s first president. But prior to that, Khama sparked international outrage when he married a white woman in 1948. He survived a deposition attempt by his uncle, only to face opposition from South Africa, where interracial marriage was illegal, which forced Great Britain to
ban him from his home country in 1951.”
The production is eyeing an October start.
“Amma and Rosamund are two of the most exciting talents working in film today,” said Oyelowo, who is also one of the project’s producers. “I’ve worked with both of them before and so my excitement about them joining A United Kingdom stems from a knowledge of just how inspiring they are to work with and how much daring and beauty they will bring to this epic love story.”
