“This town is about to come into a whole heap of money.” “We must arm ourselves, and prepare for the worst.” Samuel Goldwyn Films has revealed the main official trailer for the western comedy Outlaw Johnny Black, directed by and starring action actor Michael Jai White.
This film is still set to land in theaters starting in September in a few months.
Hell-bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process. So he goes into hiding, posing as a preacher in a small mining town that’s been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
The film stars MJW with Anika Noni Rose, Erica Ash, Byron Minns, Kym Whitley, Eme Ikwuakor, and Tony Baker.
This project has been in the works for years, it’s finally getting a chance to shine on the big screen in 2023.
White was the first Black actor to ever play a superhero in a major motion picture in 1997’s Spawn–had been promising to fans for quite a while, as the clamor for something more in the style of the widely beloved Black Dynamite never ceased. But it wasn’t to be in that moment–the crowdfunding campaign had disappointing results, and Outlaw Johnny Black went on the metaphorical back burner, a project delayed by practicalities and eventually by the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But here we are in 2023, and it seems the film is finally complete, with a Sept. 15 theatrical release date
