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Broadway.com reports:

Tony and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo will play singer Nat King Cole in a new movie musical. Domingo co-wrote the screenplay and will also helm, in his feature film directing debut.

Separately, Domingo is also set to play Joe Jackson, father of Michael, in Michael, the upcoming Michael Jackson movie musical biopic written by John Lodge.

“I’ve been working on it quietly for a few years, Domingo said about the Nat King Cole project. Domingo is nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Rustin, playing the title role of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.

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