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A feature film about the life of Queen Latifah is in the works and Will Smith is producing it. The movie will be the first in a slate of independently financed hip-hop biopics hailing from Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins Entertainment. The film will follow the ascension of Latifah as the performer became a rapper, singer and actress who has won Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe awards.
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00:00A feature film about the life of Queen Latifah is in the works, and Will Smith is producing it.
00:06The movie will be the first in a slate of independently financed hip-hop biopics hailing
00:10from Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios, and Jesse Collins Entertainment.
00:15Harborview Equity Partners is financing. The film will follow the ascension of Latifah as
00:20the performer became a rapper, singer, and actress who has won Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe Awards.
00:25It has not yet been announced who will be writing or directing The Latifah Project.
00:29Producers for the film include Latifah, Smith, and Collins, among others.
00:34Smith said,
00:35There's no better story to start with than the one of Queen Latifah, an undisputed legend who has both
00:52entertained and inspired us for so many years. Music biopics continue to be a hot trend following
00:57the recent success of such films as Paramount's Bob Marley One Love.
01:01Timothee Chalamet's Bob Dylan movie hits theaters this Christmas from Searchlight Pictures,
01:06while Lionsgate is set to release its Michael Jackson biopic starring Jafar Jackson next year.
01:11For more on this story and the latest movie news, head to THR.com.
01:15This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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