Dear White People director, Justin Simien, has been tapped to direct Disney's new Haunted Mansion movie.

From writer/director Justin Simien, the 1989-set horror satire Bad Hair (available to stream at Hulu) follows Anna (Elle Lorraine), a young woman looking to get ahead in the world of music television who decides to get a weave in the hopes that it will further her career. She soon realizes that her new hair has a mind of its own with rather murderous intentions that could very quickly put an end to her dream of becoming a VJ. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, filmmaker Justin Simien chatted about how Bad Hair came about, why …

Justin Simien's Dear White People is a film with bite. A stinging satire that feels both fiercely topical and sadly timeless, one that had so much influence it inspired a whole dang Netflix spinoff series of the same name. Now, we've got our first look at Simien's next film follow-up. And reader? I am excited. Bad Hair has a first trailer, and it's coming to Hulu on October 23, and that Halloween-ish release date is not a coincidence, as Simien seems ready to hurl a slice of horror goodness at us. Elle Lorraine stars …

You've never had a bad hair day quite like Anna Bludso, the ambitious protagonist of writer/director Justin Simien's sophomore feature Bad Hair. Newcomer Elle Lorraine delivers a breakout performance as Anna, who dreams of becoming an on-air host at Culture, a TV channel that plays R&B music videos. Anna has been toiling away as an executive assistant for the past four years when her boss and mentor (Judith Scott) decides to leave Culture. A new boss is brought in, and Anna, like many of her co-workers, fears for her job, especially since she'…

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