HBO Films Nabs David Oyelowo’s One-Man Film ‘Nightingale’

David Oyelowo in "Nightingale"
David Oyelowo in “Nightingale”

*HBO Films has picked up the Plan B-produced drama “Nightingale” starring “Selma’s” David Oyelowo, which is set to premiere May 29, reports Variety.

The film features Oyelowo as the sole character, a war veteran whose life begins to unravel as he lives in isolation. Elliott Lester directed from a screenplay by Frederick Mensch. “Nightingale” played the Los Angeles Film Festival last year.

Mensch’s script for “Nightingale” got attention on the Blacklist.com, where it caught the eye of exec producer Josh Weinstock.

Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment produced “Nightingale” with BN Films in association with Sea Smoke Entertainment and Yoruba Saxon Productions.

Weinstock, Lester, Oyelowo and Katrina Wolfe are exec producers as well as Plan B’s Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.

Oyelowo is interviewed about his role as a mentally disturbed vet in “Nightingale” with director, Elliott Lester:

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