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EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s TriStar Pictures has won a hot and heavy auction for I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the feature film on the life and music of iconic songstress Whitney Houston. The studio has already staked out a Thanksgiving 2022 release date for the film. Deadline revealed the project’s formation back in April, with…

EXCLUSIVE: A feature film on the life of iconic songstress Whitney Houston is fast forming. The Whitney Houston Estate, Primary Wave and Grammy-winning music producer Clive Davis have teamed up for I Wanna Dance With Somebody. They are negotiating with The Photograph helmer Stella Meghie to direct. Scripting and…

Stella Meghie’s debut feature film Jean of the Joneses made its world premiere at SXSW in 2016. She was nominated for a Spirit Award and immediately became a director to watch. She went on to direct the adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s YA novel Everything, Everything starring Amandla Stenberg (friend of the podcast) as…

Insecure's Issa Rae and Atlanta's LaKeith Stanfield are getting their romance on in the newly released trailer for The Photograph, the latest feature from writer-director Stella Meghie. The romantic drama, from Universal and Will Packer Productions, explores intertwining love stories in the past and present. Rae and…

Courtney B. Vance, an Emmy winner for his performance as Johnnie Cochran in FX’s The People v. O. J. Simpson series, has signed on for the Universal/ Will Packer Productions romantic drama, The Photograph, which is being toplined by Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield. Stella Meghie is at the helm, directing from her own…

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Peretti, best known for her role as Gina Linetti on Fox/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has come aboard Universal’s The Photograph, a romantic drama written and directed by Stella Meghie with Will Packer and James Lopez producing for Packer's eponymous production company. Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield…

Insecure‘s Issa Rae and Atlanta‘s LaKeith Stanfield are set to lead Universal/ Will Packer Productions’ romantic drama The Photograph, written and directed by Stella Meghie (Everything, Everything). Will Packer and James Lopez are producing the pic for Packer's eponymous company. The plot centers on intertwining love…

Director Stella Meghie isn’t giving up on the romantic comedy genre, giving it a “fresh spin” with her latest film, The Weekend, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. “For a while, people were saying it was out of fashion but I’m like ‘how?'”  said Meghie about the debate over the status of the rom-com. “I…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look at Stella Meghie’s new film The Weekend, a romantic comedy that is prepping for its world premiere this week as a Special Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival. SNL alum Sasheer Zamata stars as Zadie, an acerbic stand-up comic who, still friendly with her ex Bradford (Tone Bell)…

EXCLUSIVE: Everything, Everything director Stella Meghie has set the cast for her next film The Weekend. Former SNL castmember Sasheer Zamata, Disjointed‘s Tone Bell, She’s Gotta Have It star DeWanda Wise, Kym Whitley and Y'lan Noel have boarded the comedy, which is being produced and financed by Marada Pictures…

CAA has signed writer-director Stella Meghie for representation in all areas. Meghie’s first feature Jean Of The Joneses premiered in March in the Narrative Spotlight section at SXSW. Inspired by Meghie’s own family life, though not strictly autobiographical, the film centers on a family, one of whom dies at the start…

EXCLUSIVE: Sherri Shepherd, Michelle Hurst, Mamoudou Athie, Erica Ash, Gloria Reuben, Francois Arnaud and newcomer Taylour Paige have been set to star in Stella Meghie’s Jean Of The Joneses, an indie comedic drama that is kicking off production now in New York and Toronto. Search Engine Films will distribute in…