And he’s already lined up his next directing gig, helming queer teen comedy “To Be Real” from Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions. On television, he acted on “The Twilight Zone” for CBS All Access, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” and narrated HBO Max’s “Equal.” Porter made his directorial debut with the high school coming-of-age film “Anything’s Possible” written by Alvaro García Lecuona.
Porter, an Emmy winner for “Pose” and Tony winner for producing “A Strange Loop,” recently appeared alongside Camila Cabello in director Kay Cannon’s “Cinderella” remake. “Billy Porter and Dan McCabe’s talent and commitment to amplifying James Baldwin’s legacy and contributions are invaluable and unmatched for this unique and epic story.” “We at Allen Media Group Motion Pictures are extremely passionate about sharing James Baldwin’s phenomenal story with the world,” said Allen, the founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. Gugenheim of Incognegro Productions will serve as producers. “I stand on James Baldwin’s shoulders, and I intend to expand his legacy for generations to come.”īyron Allen’s Allen Media Group Motion Pictures will executive produce the film with Carolyn Folks, Jennifer Lucas, Matthew Signer and Chris Charalambous. “As a Black queer man on this planet with relative consciousness I find myself, like James Baldwin said, ‘in a rage all the time.’ I am because James was,” Porter said. In Leeming’s book, he’s described as a “complex, troubled, driven and brilliant man” who has a “gift for compassion and love.”
Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin was a Black gay writer whose influential works include “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Notes of a Native Son” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” In addition to writing, Baldwin fought for racial justice in the U.S. Porter says it has been a career-long dream to tell the story of Baldwin on film.
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