Wendell Pierce — the actor best known as playing Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire — has landed himself quite the role. The actor has revealed he will be playing the late B.B. King in a new biopic about the blues legend.
Pierce took to his Twitter to make the announcement, tweeting "We are official. Preparation has begun on a film where I will be honored to play the great, BB King. Humbled."
He then added, "I promised BB King before he died, I will honor him and his creative genius. An American Icon."
The B.B. King biopic is titled The Thrill Is On, and IMDb describes it like this: "A drama centered on the friendship between B.B King and young musician Michael Zanetis."
Zanetis is also serving as co-writer alongside Melora Donoghue, though so far no director has been revealed.
Of course, this wouldn't mark the first time Pierce has played a musician, as he took on the role of jazz player Antoine Batiste in Treme. He didn't, however, land the role of Cleveland Brown in Family Guy.
Stay tuned and see Pierce's tweets below.
Pierce took to his Twitter to make the announcement, tweeting "We are official. Preparation has begun on a film where I will be honored to play the great, BB King. Humbled."
He then added, "I promised BB King before he died, I will honor him and his creative genius. An American Icon."
The B.B. King biopic is titled The Thrill Is On, and IMDb describes it like this: "A drama centered on the friendship between B.B King and young musician Michael Zanetis."
Zanetis is also serving as co-writer alongside Melora Donoghue, though so far no director has been revealed.
Of course, this wouldn't mark the first time Pierce has played a musician, as he took on the role of jazz player Antoine Batiste in Treme. He didn't, however, land the role of Cleveland Brown in Family Guy.
Stay tuned and see Pierce's tweets below.
