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WEEK IN WOMEN: Regina King’s Shirley Chisholm biopic lands at Netflix – Brandy McDonnell reports

February 9, 2022February 14, 2022 Brandy McDonnell biopic, John Ridley, netflix, regina king, Shirley Chisholm

Academy Award and Primetime Emmy winner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk, HBO’s Watchmen) will portray trailblazer Shirley Chisholm in the upcoming biopic Chisholm. Written and directed by John Ridley (Needle in a Timestack), Shirley, initially announced in early 2021, has landed at Netflix. Producers are King and her sister, Reina King, for Royal Ties Productions; Anikah McLaren and Elizabeth Haggard for Participant; and Ridley (Guerrilla, Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992).

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Regina King to Portray Shirley Chisholm – Brandy McDonnell reports

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Brandy McDonnell John Ridley, regina king, shirley, shirley chisholm bioppic, the week in women, twiw

Even as she’s building Oscar buzz for her directorial debut One Night in Miami, Regina King is lining up another big starring role in front of the camera. The Academy Award-winning performer (If Beale Street Could Talk) will portray trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm — America’s first Black congresswoman — in the upcoming biopic Shirley. The film will be produced by Participant and is expected to begin production later this year.

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, August 15 – August 19: BEN-HUR

August 14, 2016February 24, 2020 Dorothy Woodend 0 Comments Ayelet Zurer, Ben-Hur, Jack Huston, John Ridley, Keith R. Clarke, Nazarin Boniadi, Rodrigo Santoro, Swords and Sandals, Timur Bekmambetov, Toby Kebbell

Opening Aug. 19, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Ben-Hur,
One’s first thought on the remake of Ben-Hur might be “Why, exactly?” The era of sword and sandals epics may have reached a fever pitch in 1959, with Chuck Heston traipsing about in a metal skirt and breastplates Even in the early days of the genre, the camp factor was high, with Tony Curtis and his liquid eyes getting Laurence Olivier into hot water in <emSpartacus (1960). The genre seems to be periodically rediscovered every few years. Read On…