Jeffrey Wright will join Zoe Saldana in director/writer Jerry LaMothe's film "Blackout" reports Blackfilm.

The film tracks the chain of events that unfolds in a forgotten Brooklyn neighborhood during the 2003 blackout. Melvin Van Peebles, Latanya Richardson, Anthony Chisholm, Saul Rubinek, Jamie Hector and Sean Blakemore, have signed on as well.

In 2003, Lamothe produced, wrote, directed and starred in the independent film, "Amour Infinity". Shooting began this month in Brooklyn, New York.