Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o will costar in a buddy movie directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix

[Bigbigguy]

After dramatic negotiation session at the Cannes Film Festival, Netflix has nabbed a film project pairing Grammy winner Rihanna with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, in a concept that began as a Twitter sensation. Ava DuVernay (Selma) will direct, and Issa Rae (Insecure) is in talks to write the screenplay.

According to sources, Netflix landed the project in a very aggressive bid, beating out multiple other suitors. Netflix had no comment.

The project began as a Twitter meme when the photo above — a shot that was taken in 2014 of the two women in the front row of a Miu Miu fashion show — went viral, prompting calls to turn it into a movie.


Sources say Rae is already working on the script and the studio is eyeing a production start of 2018 after DuVernay completes her current film.

Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o Will Literally Costar In a Buddy Movie Directed by Ava DuVernay For Netflix

 

[Tasha And]

Lupita gonna have to carry it but I'm intrigued.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

soooo, is it a buddy movie or are they best friends?

 

[BXKingPin82]

Scamming rich white men?!












IN!!!

 

[Tasha And]

Whatever happened to that Zola story that blew up twitter for a day?

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[Fillerguy]

Black Twitter creates another movie the white man's

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

This shyt gonna be so fukking LIT

 

[flo]

I guess all these aspiring screenwriters need to find ways for their story premises to go viral so they can get movies going. How this got off the ground so quickly is astounding.

 

[StickStickly]

Who told Rihanna she can act

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Who told Rihanna she can act

Ain't nobody worried about her thespian prowess
nikka just wants to look at some demonic, eye candy

 

[Wiles]

wow nice to see all the brehettes excited for this movie.

 

[Chef]

Ava, Lupita and Rihanna.

I can fukk with this and Netflix is really out here.

 

[Ironman]

INI'm intrigued

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I'm in.

Heard Issa Rae was interested in this too. Let her write and the cypher's complete.