Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith to topline Universal comedy “Girl Trip”June 3, 2016 - 13:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith are in final negotiations for the lead roles in the Universal comedy “Girl Trip”, TheWrap has learned. Malcolm Lee (“The Best Man Holiday,” “Barbershop 3”) will be direct. Regina Hall, who was previously cast in the film, will also star. “Girl Trip” revolves around four friends on a trip to New Orleans during the yearly Essence Festival. The group of women rekindle their friendship, get wild on the dance floor (and a little drunk), find romance and even get into a brawl. While Latifah and Pinkett Smith have been working together as producers on films like “Secret Life” and “Dear Mama,” “Girl Trip” marks the first time the two have appeared in a film together since the 1996 crime drama “Set it Off,” directed by F. Gary Gray. The film is set to open July 21, 2017. Will Packer (“Ride Along,” “No Good Deed”) will produce through his Will Packer Productions banner and James Lopez will executive produce. Kenya Barris, creator of the hit comedy series “Black-ish,” and Tracy Oliver wrote the screenplay. Vice president of production Sara Scott will oversee the project on behalf of Universal. Pinkett Smith is represented by Paradigm, managers Miguel Melendez and James Lassiter, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |