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Winston Duke To Play Marcus Garvey In Amazon’s ‘Marked Man’; Andrew Dosunmu Helming, Jesse Williams & DeWanda Wise In Talks, Mark Gordon & Matt Jackson Produce

Mike Fleming Jr
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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has set Winston Duke (Black Panther) to star as Marcus Garvey in Marked Man. Garvey was a political activist who was a key figure of Black nationalism in the 20th century. Andrew Dosunmu will direct the drama, and Jesse Williams (Little Fires Everywhere) and DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It) are in talks to star.

The film is partly inspired by the Colin Grant biography Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey. The script is by acclaimed playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, which Esther Douglas developed with the support of the BFI Film Fund.

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Mark Gordon (Ray Donovan) of Mark Gordon Pictures is producing with Jackson Pictures’ Matt Jackson (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Glendon Palmer and Douglas. Robert Teitel, Kwei-Armah and Jackson Pictures’ Joanne Lee will be executive producers, along with Kwei-Armah.

Set in the 1920s, Marked Man follows a young black man who joins J. Edgar Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and then infiltrates Garvey’s UNIA organization, testing his loyalty to both race and country as he grows weary of both men’s actions.

After directing videos for the likes of Isaac Hayes, Common, Tracy Chapman and Wyclef Jean, Dosunmu made his feature directing debut with Restless City and most recently helmed the Michelle Pfeiffer-Kiefer Sutherland drama Where Is Kyra? He next directs Beauty for Netflix Original Films and producer Lena Waithe.

Among Kwei-Armah’s works as a playwright are Elmina’s Kitchen, Let There Be Love, A Bitter Herb, Statement of Regret, Marley and Seize the Day. He most recently wrote the script for Spike Lee’s upcoming musical film on the breakthrough of Pfizer’s little blue pill, Viagra. Jackson Pictures is producing.

All of the talent and filmakers are repped by CAA. Dosunmu is also repped by Andre Des Rochers; Williams by Management 360 and Des Rochers; Wise by ColorCreative and attorney Nina Shaw; Kwei-Amah by Redfine Entertainment, United Agents and attorney Linda Lichter; and Jackson Pictures by attorney Neil Sacker.

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Income Statement DKK 2020 2019 Revenue 4.234.0301.950.188Work on own account recognised in assets 3.732.3254.348.947Expenses for raw materials and consumables -2.417.113-2.334.876Other external expenses -2.421.158-4.139.669Gross profit/loss 3.128.084-175.410Staff expenses -6.986.366-11.240.547Earnings before depreciation -3.858.282-11.415.957 Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment -3.850.254-3.098.325Profit/loss before financial income and expenses -7.708.536-14.514.282Financial income 3.37227.570Financial expenses -2.346.427-226.375Profit/loss before tax -10.051.591-14.713.087Tax on profit/loss for the year 776.423956.768Net profit/loss for the year -9.275.168-13.756.319 Balance sheet, 31 December DKK 2020 2019 Assets Development projects in progress 11.852.51311.954.076Intangible assets 11.852.51311.954.076 Other fixtures and fittings, tools and equipment 93.24873.409Property, plant and equipment 93.24873.409Deposits 233.940229.854Fixed asset investments 233.940229.854 Fixed assets 12.179.70112.257.339 Trade receivables 896.440512.153Other receivables 67.862334.983Corporation tax receivable from group enterprises 847.056956.768Prepayments 37.149244.711 Receivables 1.848.5072.048.615 Cash at bank and in hand 189.756443 Currents assets 2.038.2632.049.058 Assets 14.217.96414.306.397 DKK 2020 2019 Liabilities and equity Share capital 866.884866.884Reserve for development costs 11.165.82111.267.384Retained earnings -14.296.220-5.122.615Equity -2.263.5157.011.653 Other payables 296.748107.649Long-term debt 296.748107.649 Credit institutions 4.000.0004.825Trade payables 3.491.3942.803.179Payables to group enterprises 885.750830.280Other payables 4.297.8301.714.632Deferred income 3.509.7571.834.179Short-term debt 16.184.7317.187.095Debt 16.481.4797.294.744Liabilities and equity 14.217.96414.306.397 Capital resources The company’s capital base is strengthened after the balance sheet date. 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In addition to media monitoring across the different media channels, the platform provides access to a number of facts, incl. automated documentation of the monetary value and quality assessment of each third-party media mention. The platform also contains other time-saving tools such as automatically-generated media reports and a mobile app giving access to real-time media mentions. The company is listed at Nasdaq Growth Market in Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information, please contact: Casper Janns, CEO: Tlf.: +45 20167481, e-mail: cj@hypefactors.com Pierre André Montjovet, Chairman of the Board: Tlf: +41 (0)78 922 33 0, e-mail: p.montjovet@heritage.ch Hypefactors A/S Kronprinsessegade 8B1306 Copenhagen K Denmarkwww.hypefactors.com Certified AdviserKapital Partner ApSJernbanegade 41608 København Vwww.kapitalpartner.dk Attachment Annual Report 2020_Hypefactors

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