Ben Robson Joins the Cast of Upcoming Civil War Drama EMPEROR

According to Variety, Ben Robson has joined "Emperor," the Civil War-abolitionist film directed former Lionsgate exec Mark Amin under his Sobini Films banner.

Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Naturi Naughton, Paul Scheer, Keean Johnson, Mykelti Williamson, HARRY Lennix, Kat Graham, and Bruce Dern round out the cast.

Emperor is inspired by the true story of Shields Green (Okeniyi), who in 1859 escaped from a plantation and made a daring journey north where he met Frederick Douglass and John Brown (Cromwell). With the opportunity to continue to freedom in Canada, Green instead chose to fight to end slavery. The raid at Harpers Ferry is considered one of the sparks that led to the Civil War.

Robson will play the bounty hunter in pursuit of Green.

The film, co-written by Amin and Pat Charles, is currently shooting in Savannah, Ga. Reginald Hudlin is producing for Hudlin Entertainment with Cami Winikoff and Amin for Sobini, while Sobini's Tyler Boehm will serve as executive producer. UTA is handling domestic sales.

Craig Cody in the pilot of ANIMAL KINGDOM based on the Australian film of the same name. In 2016, Robson appeared in the horror film The Boy starring Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. He played Cole, the film had a moderate success but received negative critics and gross $64 million. In October 2017, Robson was cast in the crime thriller film A Violent Separation as Ray

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