“Superfly is timeless. It’s the definition of cool,” said Director X — that is the name he has gone by since emerging as a top video director — as he introduced the Superfly portion of Sony’s slate presentation at the 8th annual CinemaCon. The filmmaker transplanted the 1972 Harlem origins of the original, to a…

If you weren’t around when Curtis Mayfield’s hit song from Superfly was inescapable in the early ’70s, this new trailer for Columbia Picture’s upcoming remake has some explaining for you. “Power never stopped a bullet,” narrates Trevor Jackson as the lead character. “No car can outrun fate. But if you can play the…

Charles Parnell (The Last Ship) has come aboard the director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s drama, A Million Little Pieces, joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Odessa Young, Giovanni Ribisi and Billy Bob Thornton. The pic is based on James Frey’s 2003 novel, which follows a drug-addled young writer approaching the bottom of his…

EXCLUSIVE: Allen Maldonado, who recurs on ABC’s Black-ish, has landed the part of Litty in Sony’s Superfly remake, which has Director X at the helm. Trevor Jackson has been tapped for the starring role of Youngblood Priest, with Jason Mitchell on board as Eddie. Alex Tse will pen the screenplay based on the original…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s Superfly film is assembling a team aptly fit for its title. As Deadline previously reported, Director X is officially attached to direct the remake with Trevor Jackson confirmed to star as Youngblood Priest. In addition, Mudbound and Straight Outta Compton star Jason Mitchell has signed on to co-star…

EXCLUSIVE: Director X (aka Julien Christian Lutz) is in talks to direct the remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly, which is set up at Sony Pictures. Watchmen scribe Alex Tse is drafting the screenplay, while Joel Silver is producing. We hear Grown-ish star Trevor Jackson is in the mix for the lead role of…