Published 09/19/2024 5:34:26 p.m.

Queen Latifah Biopic in the Works

Summary by Variety

Queen Latifah is preparing to bring her life story to the big screen with a new biopic that kicks off a series of movies about hip-hop icons. Latifah, a Grammy and Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, and her Flavor Unit Entertainment partner Shakim Compere will produce the forthcoming movie with Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins Entertainment (“The New Edition Story” and “The Bobby Brown Story”). “We all came into this industry together and Hi…

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Variety

Queen Latifah Biopic in the Works

09/19/2024 4:39:26 p.m.·Los Angeles, United States

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RollingStone

Queen Latifah, Will Smith to Produce a Biopic About Her Life

Three film and television studios that center Black stories are coming together to produce a slate of hip-hop biopics — and they’ve announced that Queen Latifah’s will be first. Neither a writer nor director has been announced yet, but Queen Latifah herself will be one of the producers through her company, Flavor Unit Entertainment. Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins’ Jesse Collins Entertainment are also on board for Latifah’s bio…

09/19/2024 9:29:42 p.m.·Los Angeles, United States

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ComingSoon.net

Will Smith Producing Line of Hip Hop Biopics, First Will Be Queen Latifah

Image via CBS A line of biopics about iconic hip hop artists is set to be produced, with the first being a Queen Latifah biopic. Will Smith will serve as one of the producers. Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios, and Jesse Collins Entertainment will collaborate to produce a series of hip hop biopics. Queen Latifah will also produce the biopic about herself alongside Shakim Compere for Flavor Unit Entertainment, while Smith and Miguel M…

09/19/2024 5:34:26 p.m.

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Uproxx

Will Smith Is Co-Producing A Queen Latifah Biopic, Which She Is Also Producing

Getty Image Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be an increase in the sheer volume of musical biography films lately? Just in the past year, we’ve had Bob Marley: One Love, Back To Black, and Maestro, and looking forward, there are films in development about The Beatles, Pharrell, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, and Linda Ronstadt. But hopefully, you’re not all biopicked out, because another name has been added to that l…

09/19/2024 8:39:44 p.m.

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The Source

Biopic Based on Life of Queen Latifah in Development - The Source

U.N.I.T.Y, you gotta let em know. Remember that hook? Classic. And to memorialize the legacy of Queen Latifah a biopic film is reportedly, officially in development. This was confirmed by our friends at Shadow and Act. Get this, this marks the first project of a new collaboration between Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment, Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios, and Jesse Collins Entertainment. What’s more, they are launching a series of biopi…

09/19/2024 7:59:58 p.m.

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