Daniel Kaluuya in talks to play Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Jesus Was My Homeboy

It makes sense that Daniel Kaluuya’s Oscar-nominated leading turn in Get Out was the kind of star-marking performance that would make other top-shelf producers take immediate notice. Now, as is the fate of every soon-to-be A-list actor, Kaluuya is in line to inhabit a real-life political revolutionary in a biopic. This time, however, it’s a biopic shedding light on one of modern American history’s most controversial figures.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kaluuya is in talks to star as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in the forthcoming film Jesus Was My Homeboy. Hampton was assassinated in a sting operation run by Chicago police and the FBI in 1969, while serving as the Panther leader in Illinois. He was 21 years old at the time of his death. Lakeith Stanfield is also reportedly in talks to co-star in the feature as William O’Neal, an informant who infiltrated the party and would eventually play a substantial role in Hampton’s assassination.

Ryan Coogler will co-produce the project, which, according to the Reporter, will follow “the rise and death of Hampton through O’Neal’s perspective.” The project is already one to watch, and if the actors should sign, look for the profile of Jesus Was My Homeboy to rise considerably.