George Nofei will direct the new film The Banker, starring Samuel Jackson, Anthony McKay, Nicholas Holt and Niya Lang. George Nofei and Nicole Levy co-operate the script. Romulus Entertainment financing. The film is based on the true stories of Bernard Garrett (Anthony McKay) and Joe Morris (Samuel Jackson), two African-American entrepreneurs who tried to break free from the traditional shackles of racial discrimination in the 1950s. recruit white workers to work for them. Nicholas Holt plays a white head of their business empire. The film is currently being filmed in Atlanta.