EXCLUSIVE: Chloe Bailey, Lynn Whitfield, Lucien Laviscount, Anna Diop, Romy Woods, and Coco Jones are set to star in a brand new untitled thriller for Common Footage with tor Malcolm D. Lee directing.
Plot particulars are being saved beneath wraps. Alan McElroy and Matthew Mixon penned the script. Producers embody Perry, Blum, Lee, Tim Palen, and Dominique Telson. Shaun Sutton, Philip Waley, and McElroy are govt producers. The movie is produced by Peachtree & Vine and Blumhouse in affiliation with Blackmaled Productions.
Lee’s Women Journey, Lee made historical past as the primary filmmaker to helm a function with an all–African American artistic workforce—each in entrance of and behind the digicam—that grossed over $100 million on the home field workplace. His critically acclaimed Peacock restricted collection The Finest Man: The Closing Chapters, grew to become the primary unique collection on the platform to interrupt into Nielsen’s High 10.
Bailey is greatest recognized for her grammy-nominated work within the group Chloe x Halle, and she or he additionally launched a standout solo profession along with her breakout hit Have Mercy and her 2023 debut album In Items. On display screen, Bailey she appeared in Freeform’s Grown-ish in addition to the lead within the movie Reward This which earned her an NAACP Picture Award for Excellent Actress, and as Marissa in Donald Glover’s provocative collection Swarm.
Laviscount is greatest recognized for his breakout position in Netflix’s world hit Emily in Paris, the place he stars reverse Lily Collins. He joined the collection in Season 2 as a fan favourite and reprised his position in Seasons 3 and 4—the latter debuting at #1 on Netflix’s International High 10 and reaching the High 10 in 93 international locations. He lately wrapped Individuals We Meet on Trip for Netflix and Temple Hill, based mostly on the bestselling novel by Emily Henry.
Whitfield s celebrated for her iconic portrayal of Josephine Baker in HBO’s The Josephine Baker Story and for her starring position as Girl Mae in OWN’s Greenleaf, a collaboration with Oprah Winfrey. Her movie credit embody Eve’s Bayou, A Skinny Line Between Love and Hate, Madea’s Household Reunion, Nappily Ever After and Trip Pals.
Diop starred within the horror movie Nanny, which gained the Grand Jury Prize on the 2022 Sundance Movie Competition and earned her widespread important acclaim. Diop additionally appeared in Jordan Peele’s hit movie Us and most lately starred in The Guide of Clarence. On tv, she is greatest recognized for her breakout position as Starfire within the DC collection Titans, which aired for 4 seasons on HBO Max.
Bailey Bailey is represented by CAA, Whitfield is represented by Modern Artists, Nameless Content material, and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang, Laviscount is represented by Gersh, Waring McKenna and Hertz Lichtenstein Younger & Polk, LLP. Diop is represented by CAA, Untitled, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Pattern & Klein, Woods is represented by Coast to Coast Expertise Group and Apex Expertise Group, Jones is represented by WME, SOTA, The LEDE Firm, M88, Fox Rothschild.
