David Oyelowo explains why his Rocketeer film blocked himself: “Much of this was a performative”

David Oyelowo He had great hopes for The return of the missile. The actor and producer was deep in the development of the sequel to the beloved Disney film of 1991, with plans to produce together with his wife Jessica through their company Yoruba Saxon, and was even potentially scarcely to act.

But now, years later, that follow-up fueled by Jetpack has blocked. And Oyelowo is opening up why. In a new frank interview with the Los Angeles Times, Oyelowo spoke of how the momentum at the base of the most inclusive cinema, especially in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, spitted.

He and the Jessica production company have acquired interest in a series of projects during that period, including their direct adaptation to Netflix Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun and the long term Rocket Revival at Disney. But while the cultural tide moved, also the support. Oyelowo said:

“Onyeka is an absolute eye of Toro for what we are trying to do, but it is also symptomatic of the challenge we have. We have acquired traction with that project in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and at a time when there was a cultural correction and people seemed to want to do better.”

And then the wall came. He continued to explain:

“But now we are at a time when it is evident that much of this has been a performative and unreliable. Such projects suddenly challenge each other. Onyeka being one, Return of the missile Disney is another. “

THE Rocket The project was announced for the first time in 2021, with And Riccout (Now you see me) by writing the script. It had to be a continuation of Joe JohnstonThe original worship classic and Oyelowo’s idea gives himself on that package of missiles has brought a real buzz from fans. But it has never been raised.

Although the forces of the sector reject the initiatives of the, Oyelowo remains undaunted. He said:

“Attack on or not, we did it before there was all this energy around it and we will do it later.”

The return of the missile He would have had “a brand new creative directive with the story of Ricourt focused on a retired Tuskegee Airman who takes the missile cloak”.

Oyelowo also said previously:

“Well, I loved the original film. I remember seeing it, and again, not differently from the cowboy genre, there was something about it, the aspirational, inspiring and heroic quality.

“I also liked it was a little more do-it-yourself and do it yourself in terms of pack. They were not superpowers. He was a boy. He seemed only more rooted in some way.”

I would have loved to see this Rocketeer movie to be made. It is a pity that there is no longer any movement.