Oscar winning screen writer and Junction City native Kevin Willmott is involved in the work on a new movie. He is collaborating with co-writer Spike Lee on a film “Da 5 Bloods,” a drama about black Vietnam War veterans.

Willmott told JC Post, ” I have a new film that I just wrote with Spike that’s shooting in Thailand right now. ” Willmott added, ” It’s about black Soldiers in Vietnam. ”

Willmott has just returned from Thailand. He said the film is going to be on Netflix.

A professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas, Willmott won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for co-writing “BlacKkKlansman.”