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Will Packer Productions and Universal are developing a comedy feature, Hot Mess, which will be toplined by British comedian and actress London Hughes. The film is based on a pitch by Hughes and screenwriter Noushin Jahanian, who will pen the screenplay. Will Packer and James Lopez will produce through Will Packer…

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Destiny, best known for starring in the Lee Daniels Fox series Star, has been tapped as the lead in Oracle, a psychological horror film that is being produced by Will Packer and James Lopez via Will Packer Productions. Heather Graham (upcoming CBS All Access miniseries The Stand, The Hangover) has also…

Will Packer Productions has hired Johanna Byer as Executive Vice President of Motion Pictures. Byer will report to WPP President James Lopez in her new role where she’ll be responsible for identifying, developing, and producing the company's feature film projects as well as working closely with filmmakers, directors…

EXCLUSIVE: Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl, will be the subject of a new sports movie biopic from Night School and Girls Trip producers Will Packer Productions. The groundbreaking Los Angeles based production company has secured exclusive rights to the life story of groundbreaking QB…

Focus Features and Will Packer Productions are developing When I Was You, a feature adaptation based on the forthcoming book from author Amber Garza. Described as a female-driven thriller, When I Was You centers on Kelly Medina, whose obsession starts on an ordinary fall morning when she gets a call from her son's…

EXCLUSIVE: Felicia Pride is bringing the heat to Universal Pictures. The studio is teaming with Will Packer Productions to develop Deeper, an erotic romance based on an original idea from the Queen Sugar writer. Pride is set to write the script, but specific details about the story are being kept under wraps. Will…

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…