BET Plus Movie Trailer: ‘Call Her King’ is ‘Die Hard’ in a courthouse
As villains invade her courtroom, Judge Jaeda King trades her gavel for a large gun in the trailer for BET+’s Call her kingwith Naturi Naughton (Power Book II: Ghost) and Lance Gross (House of Payne).
Written and Directed by Wes Miller (A day to die) and premieres on Thursday, July 6th Call her king follows Jaeda King (played by Naughton), a judge who just sentenced Sean Samuels (The Chi(Jason Mitchell) to death when the courthouse is kidnapped by the defendant’s brother, Gabriel aka Black Caesar (Gross).
Judge King, on the other hand, must rely on her wits, strength and skill – in other words, on her fighting inner John McClane! – Find a way to end the standoff, rescue the hostages and make your way out alive.
Also cast in the TV movie is Johnny Messner (Jane the maiden), Tobias Truvilion (First Wives Club), Shioban Amisial (better things), Nicholas Turturro and Garrett Hendricks.
Remarkably, Call her king is the first production to fall under Miller and Andrew van den Houten’s newly formed Blacklight Entertainment banner, which aims to provide quality opportunities for people of color and other traditionally disadvantaged people in front of and behind the camera.
