“Call it the revenge of the disruptors.
After dramatic negotiation session at the Cannes Film Festival, Netflix has nabbed a film project pairing Grammy winner Rihanna with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, in a concept that began as a Twitter sensation. Ava DuVernay (Selma) will direct, and Issa Rae (Insecure) is in talks to write the screenplay.
According to sources, Netflix landed the project in a very aggressive bid, beating out multiple other suitors. Netflix had no comment.
The project began as a Twitter meme when the photo above — a shot that was taken in 2014 of the two women in the front row of a Miu Miu fashion show — went viral, prompting calls to turn it into a movie…”
It took me like 20 years of my life to realize that the punchline to “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side” was a pun about death and not a cruel commentary on how most jokes are just unfunny.
a-link-between-urls said: it's really entertaining to see you work your way through the 100
i’m glad my sarcastic liveblogging is good for something
