“When I thought of Billie Holiday, I just thought of her as a jazz singer, maybe a troubled artist, you hear about drugs, a little bit of trouble with the law,” says Lee Daniels, director of the upcoming biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday. With all that Holiday accomplished during her storied career, rarely…
“[Bille Holiday] was such an avant-garde [figure], so it was trying to pull things that seemed new. There are so many pictures of her, it's wild. She has so many looks within all these different times, so I just went towards images that drew me in, and stayed on the line of the year that we were working in. There…
Hulu on Monday confirmed that it has acquired The United States vs. Billie Holiday, the Lee Daniels movie that stars Andra Day as the jazz legend. As Deadline told you last month, the streamer was swooping in to acquire U.S. rights to the pic that were held by Paramount, which had set a February 26, 2021 release date…
Paramount made it official tonight that Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday is off their theatrical release schedule. We first told you on Christmas Eve that the movie was headed over to Hulu, however, it wasn’t clear at that time whether Paramount would still wind up handling theatrical. Doesn’t look…
EXCLUSIVE: On this Christmas Eve, we hear that a deal is coming together for Hulu to acquire Lee Daniels’Â The United States vs. Billie Holiday.Â
The movie, which stars Andra Day as the legendary jazz singer, is currently scheduled for a theatrical release by Paramount on February 26, 2021, in time for this year’s…
New Slate Ventures — the media and entertainment fund of LA-based private equity firm Sinai Capital Partners — has raised $100 million to invest in "culturally impactful" projects and expand its slate of original IP.
New Slate, led by Sinai partners Jordan Fudge, Jeremy Allen and Zach White, finances content it calls…
Paramount last night made some nudges on their theatrical release calendar. Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, starring Michael B. Jordan, was removed from on Feb. 26, which is no surprise given that the studio unloaded that title to Amazon.
Taking over that date is Lee Daniels’ untitled Billie Holiday movie starring Andra…
EXCLUSIVE: Vine personality-turned actor Melvin Gregg has joined the Lee Daniels-helmed drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Gregg, who can currently be seen on the third season of FX’s Snowfall series, joins Andra Day (playing Billie Holiday), Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne, and Evan Ross.
Mis…
