A feature film about the life of Queen Latifah is in the works and Will Smith is producing it. The movie will be the first in a slate of independently financed hip-hop biopics hailing from Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins Entertainment. The film will follow the ascension of Latifah as the performer became a rapper, singer and actress who has won Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe awards.
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00:00A feature film about the life of Queen Latifah is in the works, and Will Smith is producing it.
00:06The movie will be the first in a slate of independently financed hip-hop biopics
00:10hailing from Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios, and Jesse Collins Entertainment.
00:15Harborview Equity Partners is financing. The film will follow the ascension of Latifah
00:20as the performer became a rapper, singer, and actress who has won Emmy,
00:23Grammy, and Golden Globe Awards. It has not yet been announced who will be writing or
00:27directing the Latifah project. Producers for the film include Latifah, Smith, and Collins,
00:32among others. Smith said,
00:34When you bring talented people and teams together, you can create something truly special.
00:39I'm thrilled to work alongside Flavor Unit, Jesse Collins Entertainment, and Harborview
00:43to highlight the incredible stories of some of our favorite artists and icons.
00:47There's no better story to start with than the one of Queen Latifah,
00:50an undisputed legend who has both entertained and inspired us for so many years.
00:55Music biopics continue to be a hot trend following the recent success of such films as Paramount's
01:00Bob Marley One Love. Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan movie hits theaters this Christmas from
01:04Searchlight Pictures, while Lionsgate is set to release its Michael Jackson biopic starring Jafar
01:09Jackson next year. For more on this story and the latest movie news, head to THR.com.
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