The Meteor Man

Triple-threat Robert Townsend (writer, director & actor) stars as the shy and retiring schoolteacher, Jefferson Reed inThe Meteor Man. Jefferson, who gains mysterious super powers when he’s struck by a meteor fragment, uses those powers to help his neighborhood combat gang crime.A time-honored tradition of superheroes, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Jefferson’s courage will be tested as his super powers diminish and he must decide where true strength really lies.

The Meteor Man, a comic-action film with heart, co-stars James Earl Jones (Star Wars, Convicts), Marla Gibbs (TV’sThe Jeffersonsand227), Robert Guillaume (TV’sSoapandBenson), Don Cheadle (Ocean’s 11, TV’sHouse of Lies), Eddie Griffin (Undercover Brother, TV’sMalcolm & Eddie), Frank Gorshin (TV’sBatman), Sinbad (TV’sA DifferentWorld) and singer Nancy Wilson (The Big Score).