Judas and the Black Messiah
“You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.”
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
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Cast
53 people
Daniel Kaluuya
Fred Hampton
Known for
Get Out
Nope
LaKeith Stanfield
Bill O'Neal
Known for
Uncut Gems
Death Note
Jesse Plemons
Roy Mitchell
Known for
Breaking Bad
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Dominique Fishback
Deborah Johnson
Known for
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Project Power
Ashton Sanders
Jimmy Palmer
Known for
The Equalizer 2
Moonlight
Algee Smith
Jake Winters
Known for
Euphoria
Mother/Android
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Bobby Rush
Known for
Barry
We Own This City
Lil Rel Howery
Wayne
Known for
Free Guy
Get Out
Dominique Thorne
Judy Harmon
Known for
Ironheart
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Martin Sheen
J. Edgar Hoover
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Catch Me If You Can
Amari Cheatom
Collins
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
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Khris Davis
Steel
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Atlanta
Shaka King Director · Will Berson Screenplay Kenneth Lucas Story
Worldwide gross $6.4M · Budget $26M · United States release February 12, 2021
Box office
Budget
$26,000,000
Worldwide gross
$6,416,063
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
MACRO
Production
Bron Studios
Production
Participant
Production
Proximity Media
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
Canada · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 1, 2021
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · February 12, 2021
Theatrical
United States · February 12, 2021
Digital · HBO Max
United States
May 4, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray & DVD
Australia
March 11, 2021 · Theatrical
June 1, 2021 · Digital
June 21, 2021 · Physical
Brazil
February 25, 2021 · Theatrical
May 13, 2021 · Digital · VOD
Canada
February 12, 2021 · Theatrical
February 12, 2021 · Digital · Premium VOD
July 3, 2021 · TV · Super Écran
France
April 24, 2021 · Digital · MyCanal
April 28, 2021 · Digital · VOD
June 9, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Germany
June 24, 2021 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 11, 2021 · Digital
Italy
April 9, 2021 · Digital
Mexico
February 12, 2021 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 8, 2021 · Theatrical
New Zealand
March 11, 2021 · Theatrical
June 1, 2021 · Digital
Romania
February 12, 2021 · Limited theatrical
Singapore
March 26, 2021 · Limited theatrical
Slovakia
October 30, 2024 · TV · DAJTO
South Korea
April 22, 2021 · Theatrical
Spain
March 26, 2021 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 19, 2021 · Theatrical
Taiwan
April 23, 2021 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 22, 2021 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 11, 2021 · Digital
June 21, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
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