John Boyega To Star In The Freshening

John Boyega has landed a new role. The actor is set to star in the upcoming film, The Freshening, and it will be directed by Cathy Yan.

According to Deadline, “…inspired by Rachel Khong’s short story in the Paris Review, which was set in a near future where tensions over race and gender have reached a violent extreme and the U.S. government institutes a public health initiative known as ‘The Freshening’: every American receives an injection, after which everyone only sees others as the same race and gender as themselves. The film will chart what happens when a street drug hits the scene, promising a chance to see the world as it really is, and newly met Sam and Reese (Boyega) must decide whether to disrupt the ‘freshened’ world?”

Production is expected to get underway