King Leopold's Ghost Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 17, 2019

King Leopold's Ghost

Director: Ben Affleck

Screenwriter: Farhad Safinia

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Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

December 17, 2019

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: Set at a moment when European countries are racing to find ways to carve up the natural resources of Africa, Belgium's King Leopold II becomes the world's richest man with billions stashed in secret bank accounts by gaining private ownership of the Congo Free State, and inserts a mercenary army to cruelly plunder rubber and ivory. He forces the locals to harvest it. Those who refused are dismembered or worse, and as many as 8 million are killed in this ruthless pursuit. The Congolese defy Leopold II and fight back. Their heroic plight sparks a daring and unlikely alliance between a black American missionary, an English investigative journalist and an Irish spy that shine a light on the horrors and give birth to the first human rights movement.

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The film's director Ben Affleck last directed Air and Live by Night. The film's writer Farhad Safinia last wrote Brave New World (series) and The Professor and the Madman.

Director: Ben Affleck
Screenwriter: Farhad Safinia
Producers: Ben Affleck
Gina Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Emma Koskoff-Tillinger
Martin Scorsese

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Production Company: One Media; Pearl Street Films; Sikela Productions

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Key Facts

To be based the book "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa" by Adam Hochschild. True story.

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Dec 2019

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Language: English

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King Leopold's Ghost is coming out to on To Be Announced (TBA) There are 9,428 other movies coming out on the same date, including Sesame Street, Star Trek Sequel and The Rosie Project.