For fans of Chadwick Boseman, it may still be difficult to believe the actor is gone. But despite his death from colon cancer in August at the age of 43, some of his final performances are just now being seen.
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Netflix recently released a trailer for the streaming platform’s upcoming movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom."
Watch the trailer here .
Read More The movie is based on the play of the same name written by August Wilson as part of “The Pittsburgh Cycle” series, and is the only one based in Chicago.
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The film stars Viola Davis as real-life blues singer Ma Rainey, The Associated Press reported .
Boseman is her trumpet player, Levee, who wanted to launch his career playing newer versions of Rainey’s songs, the AP reported .
Final performance Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020): (L to R) Michael Potts as Slow Drag, Chadwick Boseman as Levee and Colman Domingo as Cutler. The Netflix film is Boseman's final performance. (David Lee / Netflix/epk.tv)
The film was produced by Denzel Washington who starred, directed and produced another of Wilson’s Pittsburgh plays, “Fences ,” for the big screen.
It was scored by Branford Marsalis, directed by George. C. Wolfe and adapted by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Playbill reported .
Wolfe said Boseman “put his entire being into the part," the AP reported .
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This isn’t the first time Boseman and Davis appeared together in a film.
The Oscar-winning actress played his mother in the James Brown biopic, “Get on Up.”
“Chadwick was just an artist. That’s just who he was," Davis said of her co-star, according to the AP .
Davis said she didn’t know that Boseman was battling late-stage cancer while filming.
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Washington has plans to adapt all of Wilson’s cycle plays into film, the AP reported .
The next film Washington has planned is “The Piano Lesson,” with his son John David Washington and Samuel L. Jackson attached to the project, The New York Times reported .
Wilson was born in Pittsburgh and raised in the city’s Hill District, according to Biography .
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hits Netflix on Dec. 18, The New York Times reported .
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman, right, posed with comic book legend Stan Lee, the creator of the "Black Panther" superhero, in January 2018 during a premiere of "Black Panther" at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman, left, and Michael B. Jordan attended the Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" news conference to promote the film in January 2018. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman and Angela Bassett introduced a clip from "Black Panther" at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP File)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Victor Oladipo of the Indiana Pacers puts on Marvel's Black Panther mask handed to him by Chadwick Boseman during the 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman, left, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke backstage at the "Families Belong Together: Freedom for Immigrants" March in June 2018. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Actor Chadwick Boseman accepts the Best Hero award for 'Black Panther' onstage during the 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman attended the world premiere of "Avengers: Infinity War" in April 2018. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman greets fans as he arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in
June 2018. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman was all smiles when he arrived for the Academy Awards in 2016. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Remembering Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman, left , starred with Harrison Ford in "42," the biopic of baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic)