Phillip Hoose’s book ‘Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice’ won a National Book Award.

The movie will be called “Spark” and will be directed by actor Anthony Mackie and star Saniyya Sidney as Colvin, according to an article on the entertainment website Deadline Wednesday. Mackie is playing Captain America in the upcoming “Captain America 4” while Sidney recently played tennis star Venus Williams in the film “King Richard.” The filmmakers are also working with Colvin’s family.

Hoose said Wednesday that he was excited that Colvin’s story will make it to the big screen and was impressed with the cast in place. He was notified by his agent on Wednesday that the filmmakers had secured the rights to his book, which won a National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2009. He had met with Mackie in New Orleans about two years ago and got the sense then the actor was serious about making a movie about Colvin.