
*Netflix has its binoculars on “Black Stallions,” a comedy about rival brother jockeys starring Lil Rel Howery, Don Cheadle and Kevin Hart. Howery and Cheadle will play the lead siblings, according to Deadline.
Jay Longino, who most recently scripted Lil Rel’s basketball comedy “Uncle Drew,” will pen the screenplay.
Deals are still under negotiation, but Hart and John Cheng are producing through Hartbeat Productions along with Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and John Fischer, and Inny Clemmons, Deadline reports.
Hart is coming off “Jumanji: Welcome The Jungle,” and will next appear in “Night School” and
“The Secret Life of Pets 2.”
Howery follows up “Get Out” and “Uncle Drew” with a starring role in his upcoming Fox series “Rel.” He also appears opposite Sandra Bullock in the Netflix film “Bird Box.”
Cheadle is coming off “Avengers: Infinity War.”