ABC?Lou Rocco
Before John Boyega signed his overall deal with Netflix to develop more African films under his U.K.-based UpperRoom Productions company, Boyega was excited about another major project with the streamer: his upcoming sci-fi, They Cloned Tyrone.
“This is me just going home for a bit,” Boyega tells ABC Audio of the film which is described as “Friday-meets-Get Out,” and follows an unlikely trio who investigates a series of creepy crimes plaguing their neighborhood.
“I’ve just come off of two kind of intense projects. Chase Palmer‘s Naked Singularity, we shot out here in New York, and then Steve McQueen’s Small Axe,” he says. “So They Cloned Tyrone is just a chance for me to have fun… and chill.”
The Star Wars star also notes that his new film has “a good, intelligent script” and reminds him of his 2011 feature film debut, Attack the Block.
In that film, Boyega starred as Moses, a teenage gang leader who, with the help of his gang, defended themselves against predatory alien invaders.
“Like, this is stateside Attack the Block for me,” he explains, adding, “I’m just more than excited to see a small little hood go through an alien experience.”
“Yeah, maybe that’s what I should do, just go from each country,” he jokes, offering ideas on future films. “Alien experience in the [streets] in Russia. Alien experience in the [streets] in China. We actually go to each country.”
“But it’s been really, really fun and I can’t wait to start on that,” he adds.
A date for They Cloned Tyrone has yet to be announced.
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