I, for one, am pretty stoked for what that show has to offer and I would be even without the misogynistic and homophobic shitstormthat gatekeeping dudebros created around it. It promises to be a good-looking, female-dominated action fantasy cartoon with interesting conflict. And it reboots an old show that had very little to offer other than being an almost identical He-Man spinoff with a bit more girly stuff.
In the era of never-ending uninspired reboots, Princesses of Power looks like it’s going to be one of those that takes imaginative spin on an old property and introduces new generation of watchers to an updated concept of a fantasy warrior women.
i never realised that The Babadook was accidentally put in the LGBT+ movies section of Netflix i thought we all just collectively decided the babadook was gay for no reason at all
Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o will costar in a buddy movie directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix
Issa Rae is in talks to write the script for this literal internet dream.
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.
Twitter users went so far as to ask for DuVernay (who is in post-production on A Wrinkle in Time for Disney) to direct, with Rae (whose second season of HBO’s Insecure will debut on July 23) to write. All four women pledged their support to the project on the social media platform.
Since then, the buzz has only intensified, with some creating concept art of the “scammer story” they envisioned with Rihanna playing a woman who cons white men, while her brilliant co-conspirator (played by Nyong’o) orchestrates the heists. It’s unclear how faithful Rae will remain to the crowd-sourced concept.
But if she needs a suggestion for the ending, Rihanna’s appearance on the Cannes red carpet sparked inspiration from her fans.
Sources say Rae is already working on the script and the studio is eyeing a production start of 2018 after DuVernay completes her current film. x
SHOUT OUT TO THE TUMBLR USER THAT ACTUALLY CREATED THIS CONCEPT THREE YEARS AGO! @elizabitchtaylor IT’S HAPPENING!
I want the next show Netflix makes to feature two queer women of color and feature the multiple seasons it takes them to realize they’re madly in love with each other and are soulmates. Scifi dramedy is preferable.
can one of the leads be lindsey morgan
lindsey morgan and jamie chung pls
UM. YES.
oh holy fuck you all wrote a better series than anything that’s out there and you did it in two gifs.
Steel Phoenix Studios 