Colman Domingo Says He’ll Play Nat King Cole in New Self-Directed Musical Biopic

Colman Domingo has stated he’s going to painting legendary crooner and pianist Nat King Cole in a forthcoming biopic, Selection experiences. The musical movie, which Domingo co-wrote, may also function the actor’s directorial debut. Domingo shared the information, noting that he’s been “working on it quietly for a few years,” throughout an episode of the Selection Awards Circuit podcast. Discover the complete episode beneath.

Domingo and Patricia McGregor co-wrote the play Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole. It premiered on the Geffen Playhouse in 2019. The manufacturing imagined the interior ideas of Cole throughout his historic 1957 Christmas particular—the primary community program hosted by an African American.

The Nat King Cole information coincides with the announcement that Domingo will play Joe Jackson—the controversial father and supervisor of Michael Jackson—in a forthcoming biopic concerning the late pop artist. Domingo is up for Finest Actor on the 2024 Academy Awards for his position as civil rights chief Bayard Rustin—a co-organizer of the 1963 March on Washington—in Rustin.

Domingo has starred in movies like Lincoln, Selma, If Beale Road Might Discuss, Ma Rainey’s Black Backside, and Candyman, in addition to HBO’s wildly well-liked teen drama Euphoria.