EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr. (It Comes At Night), Chante Adams (Roxanne Roxanne), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Broadway's Hamilton), and Y'lan Noel (The First Purge) are the latest to board Stella Meghie’s romantic drama, The Photograph, set up at Universal Pictures. They join previously announced stars Issa Rae, LaKeith…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Packer Productions, the company behind 100+ million grossing comedies Girls Trip and Night School, has named Heather Washington as Director of Development, after previously serving a Creative Executive for the past two years. Washington’s new role involves identifying content, filmmakers, and talent…

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…

Will Packer has appointed Shayla Cowan as Chief of Staff of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media. She will be tasked with managing and overseeing all operational and administrative activities of both companies, continuing in her role of advising Packer and supporting the development and production of his…

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Hartley is hitting the big screen once again. After recently appearing in STX’s A Bad Moms Christmas, the This Is Us star is set to co-star in the comedy Little, from Will Packer Productions and Universal Pictures. Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch and current cast member Mikey Day have also…

Universal today announced dates for a trio of Will Packer comedies in the next two-plus years, contining their successful partnership. Little, starring Blackish‘s Marsai Martin, will open September 20, 2019, while a pair of untitled pics from Will Packer Productions are set for November 15, 2019, and May 15, 2020…

EXCLUSIVE: Ajiona Alexus, who co-stars in the Netflix YA series 13 Reasons Why, has been cast opposite star Gabrielle Union in the thriller Breaking In, from Will Packer Productions and Practical Pictures. James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) is directing the pic from a script by Ryan Engle, based on a pitch from Jaime…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal/Will Packer Productions’ female-led comedy Girls Trip is set to world premiere as the opening night film for the 2017 American Black Film Festival, which will run from June 14-18 in Miami, Florida. The pic, slated to bow nationwide July 21, is directed by Best Man franchise helm Malcolm D. Lee and…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions have acquired rights to 3-1-2, a script from writer Ike Smith about the diverse journeys of hopeful millennials as they seek their true potential while surviving the extreme violence of inner-city Chicago, the 3-1-2. The acquisition was made via the filmmaker’s…

Statistically speaking, financiers often say that it’s the tentpoles that profit the most in the long run, however, producer Will Packer has a knack for yielding big returns off movies with conservative budgets, latest title being Almost Christmas which is on its way to a domestic take of $40M-plus off a production…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Ealy will climb Jacob’s Ladder along with director David M. Rosenthal, who helmed the star in The Perfect Guy. The film is LD Entertainment’s re-imagining of the 1990 supernatural thriller. Scripted by Jeff Buhler and Sarah Thorp, this a modern-day paranoid action thriller about two brothers. Mickey…

EXCLUSIVE: James F. Lopez is leaving his senior vice president post at Screen Gems to become Head of Motion Pictures for Will Packer Productions. He will steer development and oversee production on films Packer produces through his first look deal with Universal Pictures. At Screen Gems, Lopez worked on the…