‘Our Son’ Bill Oliver’s drama has signed Billy Porter and Luke Evans

• The custody-battle drama ‘Our Son,’ directed by Bill Oliver, will feature Billy Porter and Luke Evans.
• The tale of a divorced couple struggling for custody of their 8-year-old kid is told in this film.
• Fernandoo Loureiro and Guilherme Coelho will produce through their firm, Tigresa.

Billy Porter is an Emmy Award-winning actor, singer, director, composer, and writer best known for his portrayal as Pray Tell on FX’s drama Ball Scene Emcee.

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He won Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his performance as Lola in the Broadway musical ‘Kinky Boots,’ as well as the Grammy Award for Best Musical-Theatre Album in 2013.

Porter makes his directing debut with Alvaro Garcia Lecuona’s high school coming-of-age picture ‘Anything’s Possible.’ He’ll also be directing Gabrielle Union’s LGBT adolescent comedy ‘To Be Real,’ produced by I’ll Have Another Productions.

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According to the source, Evans will star in the action-thriller drama series ‘Echo 3′ this year, as well as participate in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action version of ‘Pinocchio’ for Disney+ and begin filming on the film ‘5lbs of Pressure.’

Evans is best known for his roles in Hulu’s most popular original series, including ‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ the Emmy-nominated ‘The Alienist,’ and ‘The Pembrokeshire Murders.’ Aside from the ‘Fast & Furious’ trilogy, the actor appeared in Disney’s live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ picture, which was released in 2017.