Jeremy Pope has announced his next project, which will see him don a military uniform.Deadline reports Pope will star opposite Gabrielle Union in the film The Inspection for first-time writer/director Elegance Bratton.
Bratton has based the film on his own experience growing up as a queer, African-American.In the film, Pope will play a young, gay man loosely based on Bratton, who enlists in the Marines in order to impress his demanding mother (Union…who seems a bit young for the part).
Effie T. Brown, producer of Dear White People will step in to produce for A24 Films.Related: WATCH: Jeremy Pope, Jim Parsons & Jake Picking dish on the ‘Hollywood’ casting couch“Elegance brings authenticity, heart and a fresh perspective to this compelling.