"Ben Affleck will direct King Leopold’s Ghost, a fact-based drama about the plunder of the Congo by Belgium’s King Leopold II in the late 1800s. One Community, which co-financed Just Mercy, is financing development with an option to co-finance the film. Farhad Safinia (Apocalypto) is writing the script. Affleck is producing through his Pearl Street Films banner alongside Martin Scorsese and Emma Koskoff-Tillinger through his Sikelia Productions banner. "

deadline.com/2019/11/ben-affleck-direct-congo-plunder-tale-king-leopolds-ghost-belgian-king-leopold-ii-1202791265

Nifty

Apocalypto a classic

In

I'm really happy about this, time to burn those belgium f***ers to the ground say no more Ben

Interesting hope it’s close to being historically accurate under a brutal regime

Is it a hot take to say Mel Gibson is one of the greats

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Can't wait for the home release in the special features where he talks about his ancestors owning slaves.

Lmao u sick bruh

I mean I'm happy that this is being brought to like by an A-list celeb but he can't talk about it without addressing his family's past.

I mean you’re not wrong

Let someone on here tell you different though.

"belgium f***ers" got me crying son

Just me keeping it a buck some folks just ain't worth the respect or peace of mind cause they in the ground, that don't mean nothing especially after I seen prominent figures trying to rewrite history and cheapen their dirt so f*** 'em good is what I'm on

white washing colonialism through hollywood. gotta love every second of it