Somehow, writer-director Shaka King , the Lucas Brothers, and Will Berson wrote one movie, “ Judas and the Black Messiah .” Disparate perspectives on Fred Hampton meant that outcome was by no means pre-ordained, but after more than eight years and countless drafts they agreed to coalesce around a single narrative so compelling that a studio would be forced to greenlight the movie.
Source: How ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Started as a Conventional Biopic and Evolved into a Taut Thriller
