Michael Jai White Directs, Toplines Action Comedy ‘Trouble Man!’ For Samuel Goldwyn Films; Cast Also Includes Method Man, Orlando Jones, More

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Jai White (Black Dynamite) has wrapped production on Trouble Man!, an action comedy that he directed and stars in for Samuel Goldwyn Films. Those starring alongside him are Method Man (Power Book II: Ghost), Gillian White (Take Back), Mike Epps (The Upshaws), Orlando Jones (Drumline) and La La Anthony (Power).

Filmed under the Georgia Production Program, the film stars White as Jaxen, a former cop turned private detective living in Atlanta. When famed R&B singer Jahari goes missing, Jaxen is hired to find and save her. As he investigates, he realizes her disappearance is tied to a much larger conspiracy of lies and deceit, which makes him question everyone around him and confront his own past.

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White and Michael Stradford penned the script, with Craig Baumgarten producing. Samuel Goldwyn Films financed the pic and will release it next year, following past collaborations with White on the actioner As Good as Dead and Western Outlaw Johnny Black.

Said White in a statement on the project, “I am profoundly blessed and proud to serve my fanbase and help to resurrect light to the Urban Action Comedy genre!”

Added Samuel Goldwyn Films CEO Ben Feingold, “We’re very excited to expand our relationship with Michael Jai White to include this great new story from Michael Stradford and Michael Jai White. We look forward to bringing “TROUBLE MAN!” to audiences in the second half of next year.”

Most recently, White directed, co-wrote, starred in and produced Outlaw Johnny Black, also starring Anika Noni Rose, Erica Ash and more. He played the title role in the blaxploitation pic Black Dynamite and has also recently been seen starring in BET+’s musical drama series, Kingdom Business.

White is repped by Wonder Street; Method Man by CAA, manager Shauna Garr and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz; White by AEFH and CMA Entertainment; Epps by Independent Artist Group, Industry Entertainment and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Jones by Buchwald and manager Karon Richardson-Tunis; and Anthony by UTA, Untitled Entertainment and Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman.

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