UB Spotlight: ‘Sinners’ Cast Talk New Ryan Coogler Film

“Sinners” is in theaters only nationwide this Friday April 18th via Warner Bros. Pictures.

A must see, in a IMAX theater, a film that will thoroughly entertain, educate and inspire!

“Sinners” has a perfect 100%, on Rotten Tomatoes.

Today UB has a New Interview Spotlight with the cast!

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Starring, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

“Sinners” reunites Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler for a fifth time with his longtime collaborator, friend and acclaimed performer/filmmaker, Michael B. Jordan. “It’s a genre-bending concept from the mind of Ryan Coogler,” stated Michael, “and it’s a special one.”

Michael B. Jordan plays twin brothers, Smoke and Stack, who survived combat in WWI and gangland Chicago and now return to their hometown with a truck full of liquor and heads full of big ideas.

“Sinners” also provides Coogler the opportunity to go full circle. As an original tale that takes place in a single day, it is the storytelling style that first put him on the map with his debut feature, “Fruitvale Station,” both were shot on film as well.

It also pairs one of Ryan Coogler’s favorite genres with Michael B. Jordan… times two.

The film is not only extremely personal to Ryan, but also reflects a genre he himself loves as an audience member and one that the filmmaker has never explored before. “The film is very genre-fluid, you know? It switches in and out of a lot of different genres. And yes, vampires are an element of the movie, but that’s not the only supernatural element. It’s about more than just that. I’m dealing with a lot of archetypes… not just the vampire, but the supernaturally gifted musician. I think it’s going to surprise folks in a good way. My favorite films in the genre, you could take the supernatural element out and the films still work. But that element actually helps to heighten it, elevate it. I was aspiring to make something in that tradition.”

With much of the film taking place in a juke joint nightclub, Beachler, together with veteran locations manager Elston Howard, prioritized finding the ideal locale for building the massive, free-standing, corrugated metal structure, once a sawmill.

Two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter brought her signature depth and historical nuance to “Sinners,” a film that reimagines the horror genre through a uniquely Southern Gothic lens.

Set in the post-Reconstruction South, Ryan Coogler’s film uses costume design as a powerful storytelling tool, weaving in elements of history, spirituality and the supernatural.

“Sinners” was shot with IMAX film cameras, the highest-resolution cameras available today, with nearly 10 times the resolution of standard 35mm film.

Check Out The UB Spotlight!

Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo, Li Jun Li, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell and Jayme Lawson talk “Sinners!”