Jennifer Hudson's 'INEVITABLE DEFEAT' Gets October Release Date

By: Caryn Robbins Aug. 02, 2013

Codeblack Films/Lionsgate have announced that George Tillman Jr.'s THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE, starring Jennifer Hudson, will arrive in theaters in limited release on October 11.

The drama, which made its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, stars Hudson, Skylan Brooks, Anthony Mackie, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The film also includes music by Alicia Keys, who serves as executive producer.

Here is the official synopsis:

During a sweltering summer in New York City, 14-year-old Mister's hard-living mother is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and nine-year-old Pete alone to forage for food while dodging child protective services and the destructive scenarios of the Brooklyn projects. Faced with more than any child can be expected to bear, the resourceful Mister nevertheless feels he is an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles.

But what really keeps the pair in the survival game is much more Mister's vulnerability than his larger-than-life attitude. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete is a beautifully observed and tremendously moving film about salvation through friendship and the way transformation sometimes can happen just by holding on long enough.