John Boyega

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John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega (born 17 March 1992), known professionally as John Boyega, is a British actor and producer. He first gained recognition in Britain for his role as a teenage gang leader in the comedy horror film Attack the Block (2011) before he had his international breakthrough playing Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). As a cast member of the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2017 and 2019), Boyega received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2016 and the Trophée Chopard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Boyega's career continued to gain momentum in 2020 when he won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Leroy Logan in Red, White and Blue, a part of Steve McQueen's anthology series Small Axe. He then played King Ghezo in the historical action film The Woman King (2022) and a drug dealer in the mystery film They Cloned Tyrone (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boyega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Treasure Planet Live Action

A sci fi retelling of the classic story Treasure Island. Young slacker Jim Hawkins is ever so eager for adventure but is stuck working as a busboy at his mother's restaurant. But his life finally has an adventurous twist when an old pirate gives him an ancient treasure map which leads to the legendary Treasure Planet. The planet is said to hold the loot left behind by the dreaded Captain Flint. Financed by his friend Dr. Doppler, Jim is off on adventure to seek out Treasure Planet aboard a massive spaceship. There, he meets a gallery of unusual characters such as the fierce Captain Amelia, a quirky shape shifting Morph as well as making friends with the ship's cook John Silver, who unknown to Jim is the mastermind behind a mutiny plot to claim the treasure for his own.

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