Starring DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling, a Brooklyn woman looking to define herself through her friends, lovers and job, the series is based on Lee’s 1986 indie debut of the same name.
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Premiering Nov. 23, the show stars DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling, a Brooklyn woman balancing her personal and professional lives.
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind the upcoming Netflix show She’s Gotta Have It will direct the pilot and exec. produce the show that will be written, directed and star the man behind Archer Genius Management.
The film offers a fresh perspective on the infamous incident courtesy of Guenveur Smith, who has been performing this monologue for several years, earning no shortage of critical acclaim.
With Sundance just around the corner, we’re bringing you our picks for what’s worth watching at the festival. From films about the New Zealand bush, ’80s teen new wave bands, and–you guessed it–wiener dogs, here is a hearty serving of some of the most intriguing films in the ‘Premieres’ category.
A documentary that focuses on the music icon’s career as he evolved from the lead singer of The Jackson Five to his seminal 1979 solo, album Off The Wall.
Kept under wraps, but centers on street violence in Chicago in a reimagining of Aristophanes’ play “Lysistrata.”
Logline: Kept under wraps, Spike Lee’s next feature project.
A twisted love story involving a man with a cursed addiction and thirst for human blood and the dangerous romance between a married woman and a doctor.
Story follows the life and times of James Brown, an American singer and songwriter often referred to as “The Godfather of Soul” who was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
Story follows the life and times of James Brown, an American singer and songwriter often referred to as “The Godfather of Soul†who was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing.
“Inside Man” helmer signs with agency.
Follows the story of a man who is locked in a hotel room for 20 years without knowing his captor’s motives. When he is finally released, he finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.
He’s in early talks to direct.
Logline: A twisted love story involving a man with a cursed addiction and thirst for human blood and the dangerous romance between a married woman and a doctor.
Follows the story of a man who is locked in a hotel room for 20 years without knowing his captor’s motives. When he is finally released, he finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.
I’m serious…it’s 24k.
A young boy from Atlanta spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of Red Hook and meets a pretty girl who shows him the lighter side of Brooklyn.
Logline: A rapper and a poet, both with bipolar disorder, meet in a hospital and begin a romance that forces them to balance their sanity with their love.
Logline: College friends reunite over the Christmas holidays and discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited.
Logline: New York City homicide detectives are forced into the world of hip hop by a network of murders, drugs and sex.
a handful of casting attachments you may have missed this past week!
Lee officially signs on to remake the Korean vengeance flick.
Logline: A young boy from Atlanta spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of Red Hook and meets a pretty girl who shows him the lighter side of Brooklyn.
Lee added to short list of directors for Korean revenge flick remake.
Logline: The true story of the biggest securities exchange fraud in United States history.
Logline: A look at the life of a girl caught up in the seedy underbelly of New York’s Lower East Side.
Logline: A successful go-getter who, on the heels of his girlfriend’s accidental death, gets the chance to relive the day and change the circumstances so she does not die. Each day something horrible happens which he has the opportunity to right the following day.
Logline: Story, set in 1920s New York, centers on Nola, a white femme fatale who grew up an impoverished orphan, and stylin’ Slim, a smooth-talking Harlem pimp with gambling troubles, who pair up to make one of the deadliest teams of “murderers-for-hire”.
