Forest Whitaker Movie Updates

Red Tails actor Tristan Wilds and Melonie Diaz have joined the cast off Fruitvale, the indie drama about a true-life police shooting being produced by Forest Whitaker and his Significant Productions partner Nina Yang.

Unified Pictures, Bron Studios, Unanimous Entertainment and Media House Capital have just started production on A Single Shot, the David M. Rosenthal-directed thriller.

Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo are in negotiations to star in Lee Daniels' The Butler, with Whitaker playing the title role and Oyelowo as his son.

Michael Chiklis is teaming with former The Shield co-star Forest Whitaker for Pawn, an independent crime film centered around a hostage situation that has gone terribly wrong.

Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman, Johnny Knoxville and Harry Dean Stanton round out the cast of Lionsgate's The Last Stand, which moved into production Monday.

Forest Whitaker will bring to life voodoo-themed Vipaka, producing and starring in the psychological thriller alongside Anthony Mackie.

Robert De Niro is set to star in the Jessy Terrero-directed Freelancers, and Forest Whitaker is in talks to join him and Curtis Jackson in the cop drama.

Dakota Fanning and Ryan Donowho will star in the indie thriller Mississippi Wild. Robert Duvall, Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker are also in talks to join the cast.

Rising star Michael Fassbender has boarded helmer David Jacobson's thriller "A Single Shot" opposite Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church.