LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 23: (L-R) Actors Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Miles Teller pose backstage with the "CinemaCon Ensemble Award" for "Fantastic Four" at The CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards Brought to you by The Coca-Cola Company at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for CinemaCon)
Actor Michael B. Jordan announced last week that he will now add an inclusion rider to every project helmed by his company, the Outlier Society Productions.
Diversity in Hollywood has been a prominent issue lately, with Marvel Studios’ Black Panther – which Jordan was featured in – garnering praise for the diversity of its cast. Actress Frances McDorrmand is invested in this cause, having closed her speech at the Oscars imploring people to consider the inclusion rider. An inclusion rider is a clause that gives actors the ability to demand that a project has more diversity amongst its cast.
Last Wednesday, Jordan shared a picture on his Instagram account, which features the actor with his company’s head of production and development, Alana Mayo, and his agent, Phil Sun. In the photo’s description, Jordan explains how he’s been blessed “to work with powerful woman & persons of color throughout my career & it’s Outlier’s mission to continue to create for talented individuals going forward.” Jordan notes how he’s enacting the inclusion rider “in support of woman & men who are leading this fight.”
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The Outlier Society Productions was founded in 2016, and Jordan’s current projects are Creed 2 and Fahrenheit 451.
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