Issa Rae shares her hilarious story of filming the highly praised dance sequence in Barbie.
Barbie's Issa Rae loved filming with Oscar-nominated director Greta Gerwig despite being confused by the script at first.
Ezra Miller was arrested multiple times and made countless headlines this year over startling behavior.
With Into the Spider-Verse 2 moving forward, Issa Rae reacted to those Spider-Woman rumors, months after her role in the sequel was announced.
While Insecure is coming to an end, the show's creator and star, Issa Rae, isn't slowing down anytime soon.
Recent Emmy award winner Zendaya names Issa Rae, among other leading Black women, an inspiration as her career catapults forward.
This could be good.
Oscar winner Jordan Peele and two-time Emmy nominee Issa Rae are teaming to produce the sci-fi/horror movie Sinkhole, which will be developed as a starring vehicle for the Insecure actress. In a low-seven-figure deal, Universal beat out nearly a dozen other studios and streamers bidding on the rights to Leyna Krow's short story, which was originally published in the literary journal Moss. Deadline broke the news, reporting that the thought-provoking genre story follows a young family who move into their dream home, which is plagued by a mysterious sinkhole in the backyard that …
The main stars of Netflix's latest hit were also involved behind the scenes.
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Two cool titles to check out before or after seeing The Lovebirds!
After becoming a festival darling and Shudder streaming favorite with the knockout fantasy-horror Tigers Are Not Afraid, filmmaker Issa Lopez is heading to Blumhouse for a new supernatural-tinged tale of societal woes -- this time, mass hysteria! Lopez is set to write and direct Our Lady of Tears, a film adaptation of Daniel Hernandez's article, “The Haunting of Girlstown,” which was published by Epic Magazine and Vox. Per the press release, the film focuses on "a mass hysteria epidemic with supernatural roots, that in 2007 spread through Villa de las Niñas, an all girls, Catholic boarding school …
Issa López has been very busy in the film industry for years now, but the success of Tigers Are Not Afraid puts her in the spotlight in a whole new way, and it seems as though that way is paving the way to more opportunities in the horror genre. We were lucky enough to have López join us for a full episode of The Witching Hour this week and she spoke extensively about her past films and the challenges of getting Tigers Are Not Afraid screened, but she also took the time to address a highly anticipated new …
Dwayne Johnson, Issa Rae, and Dany Garcia are tag-teaming up for an HBO series centered around a backyard wrestling promotion. Written by Mohamad El Masri, the show is currently titled TRE CNT, as in "Tre Count", like the thing that ends a wrestling match. Not like what you read in your head. Don't say that. Here is the synopsis, via Variety: The project is currently titled “TRE CNT” (a.k.a “TRE COUNT”) and hails from writer Mohamad El Masri. The series focuses on Cassius Jones, a young dock worker and struggling pro-wrestler, who uses inherited life-…
The murder-mystery romantic comedy has found a home on Netflix.
Netflix is nearing a deal to acquire the Kumail Nanjiani-Issa Rae comedy The Lovebirds from Paramount and Media Rights Capital, according to Deadline. Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) directed the film, which was supposed to hit theaters April 3 following its world premiere at SXSW, which obviously did not happen. Movie theaters across the country have shut their doors indefinitely, and rather than release The Lovebirds in theaters at a later date, Paramount decided to sell the film off to Netflix, which has seen its numbers spike as people around the world quarantine themselves inside their homes. Nanjiani and …
Universal's second trailer for The Photograph zeroes in on Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield's love story from the upcoming romantic drama.
Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for The Lovebirds. The film, directed by Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) stars Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani as a couple who get drawn into a criminal conspiracy, and the only way to clear their names is to solve the mystery themselves. If you judge The Lovebirds solely on the trailer, it looks terrific! It's delightful to see Nanjiani and Rae bouncing off each other, the jokes are solid, and this seems like a great date night movie. With a release in early April, this could easily be a hit! However, films …
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