David Oyelowo Gives Update on His ‘Rocketeer’ Sequel: ‘We Have Forward Momentum’

While talking with David Oyelowo about his Paramount+ streaming series “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” we had to ask about another larger-than-life character that he’s meant to bring to life: The sequel to Disney’s “The Rocketeer.”

The good news? “We have forward momentum,” Oyelowo tells TheWrap.

Announced in 2021, the sequel to the 1991 cult hit is being produced by Oyelowo and his wife, Jessica Oyelowo and he may star in it as well. The original movie was set in pre-World War II Hollywood, while Oyelowo’s film will take place after the war and follow a former Tuskegee airman — the unit of Black army air force pilots who served with distinction in World War II — who comes into possession of the Rocketeer suit.