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EXCLUSIVE: WME has just signed Chanté Adams, the star of the Sundance film Roxanne Roxanne. All the agencies courted Adams after they saw her play Roxanne Shanté in Michael Larnell's biopic Roxanne Roxanne, opposite Mahershala Ali and Nia Long. WME Global sold the film to Neon, which will release it later this…

Director Michael Larnell has returned to the Sundance Film Festival this season with his second feature, Roxanne Roxanne. The pic starring newly minted Oscar nominee Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco and Chanté Adams in her big-screen debut tells the story of 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté, a fierce teenager from…

EXCLUSIVE: After an all-night bidding battle, Neon is near to closing a deal for Roxanne Roxanne, the Michael Larnell-directed film that yesterday also had Amazon, Lionsgate and Miramax vying for North American rights in a deal that reached near $3 million. This would be the second Sundance title for Neon, the upstart…

Deadline continues its full-court press at the Sundance Film Festival with the second in its Sundance Series panels, today featuring the U.S. Dramatic Competition film Roxanne Roxanne. Michael Larnell wrote and directed the pic about Roxanne Shanté, one of the pioneers of New York’s hip-hop scene who by age 14 was…