Little did anyone know, Boseman's valiant battle against colon cancer didn't stop him from seeing the production of his last cinematic work to the very end. Directed by George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, based on the play by August Wilson, managed to finish principal photography in 2019 and is currently in post-production (via IMDb).
In the film, Boseman will fill the role of Levee, working alongside Viola Davis, Coleman Domingo, Glynn Turman, and others in what will be his silver-screen swan song. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is said to hit Netflix in 2020, but no exact date is currently attached.
Netflix has, however, shared a full synopsis for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: "Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary 'Mother of the Blues,' Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio's claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) — who has an eye for Ma's girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry — spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives."
