Spike Lee and Get Out director Jordan Peele are combining their respective talents for a true story about the Ku Klux Klan.
Black Klansman tells the story of an African American police detective who went undercover and infiltrated the KKK by becoming a high-ranking member.
Lee will be directing while Peele's production company will be taking on producing duties on the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ballers star John David Washington is said to be on board to star as Ron Stallworth, the Colerado detective who answered an advert in the local newspaper seeking new Klan members in 1976.
Stallworth rose up through the ranks to become head of the local chapter, and through this was able to gather enough intelligence to sabotage a number of cross-burnings.
The screenplay, adapted from Stallworths 2014 book of the same name, has been penned by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Spike Lee and Kevin Willmont.
With Peele on board, it has a strong base to be a hit after his directorial debut with racism horror Get Out ending up being the most profitable film of the year.
The movie was made for $4.5 million, with a marketing budget estimated at $30 million, and it took a whopping $252 million worldwide. That's a whopping 630% return on investment.
Daniel Kaluuya starred as an African-American man who travelled to an estate for the weekend to visit his white girlfriend's seemingly liberal parents. Horror ensued.
