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Deon and Roxanne Avent Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group is set to produce and finance “The Daryl Davis Project” alongside Misha Collins, Trish Hofmann, Victoria Vantoch, Philip Schneider and two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank.

The new project tells the true story of Daryl Davis (pictured above), a Black pianist who uses music to forge unlikely friendships with members of the KKK with the mission to turn their hearts away from an allegiance to white supremacy. Davis began his mission to fight racism in the 1980s, and he now proudly owns the hoods and robes of more than 200 former Klansmen who turned them over to him.

The film will be adapted from Davis’ autobiography, “Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man’s Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan.” Hofmann and Collins first optioned the story from Davis and the producing team is now actively seeking a writer to pen the film’s script.

Though his nonprofit charity Random Acts, Supernatural star Misha Collins was able to provide rural families in Nicaragua with the means to travel to get the secondary education they'd otherwise be unable to access. However, a school bus was just the first step – this year, Collins and Random Acts have set their sights much higher and are intent on building an entire school complex.

In an exclusive chat with People, the actor, 40, reveals why the mission is so important to him and how having two children of his own – West, 4, and Maison, 2, with wife Victoria Vantoch – has altered his perspective...

Misha Collins and his wife have welcomed a baby girl. The Supernatural actor and Victoria Vantoch, a writer and sexuality historian, also have a boy - 2-year-old West Anaximander Collins. The announcement was revealed on the CW show's Twitter page, which posted: "#Supernatural star @mishacollins and wife Victoria Vantoch welcomed their 2nd baby into the world-and it's a girl! Congratulations!" Collins plays angel Castiel (more)...