Yvonne connected me to this through a really nice blog called shadow and act, It is terrible news. As the blogger stated IF ANY FILM NEEDS to be directed by a Black Woman It’s this one, I know several personally who would shame Tyler back into the hole he crawled… let me stop.
Check for the petition soon, Lionsgate we are coming for you…
Lionsgate & Tyler Perry Prepping Film Adaptation Of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf
By Tambay, on September 3rd, 2009
Oh. My. God!
Back in March of this year, up-and-comer Nzingha Stewart was reported to have been hired by Lionsgate to helm the project, based on her own screenplay adaptation of the award-winning literary piece.
Now, this afternoon, Nikke Finke of Deadline Hollywood Daily, is reporting that Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to filmmaker Tyler Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play. Perry apparently will write, direct and produce, and will be the first project for 34th Street Films, Perry’s new production company, which is housed at Lionsgate.
Perry’s adaptation is said to feature an all-star cast of female actors, and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Atlanta in November 2009 and continue through December 2009. Lionsgate plans to release the film in 2010.
Perry states, “Making a film of ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf’ is a dream come true for me. Ntozake Shange’s play is a magnificent tribute to the strength and dignity of women of color, and I think audiences of all generations will be able to recognize and embrace the experiences these women represent. Creatively, this movie is one of the most exciting undertakings of my career, and I’m excited to start production this November.”
This is just not a good idea! Tyler Perry shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near this material. There’s a reverence inherent in the piece that I just can’t see Perry delivering. His past work indicates that what we’ll end up with is some heavy-handed, mawkish soap opera!
And what happened to Nzingha Stewart’s original agreement with Lionsgate? Obviously, it’s been flushed in favor of whatever it is Perry has cooked up. Or did they just buy out Stewart, and give whatever work she’d done on it already (notably the screenplay she’d already written) to Perry?
If anything, this deserves to be written and directed by a black female writer/director. There are so few actually working, that, if I were Tyler Perry, I’d humbly step away from the project, in order to give someone else the opportunity.
I’m going to try to get in touch with Stewart to see what other info on this I can dig up!
Given Finke’s report, it seems that the film’s cast might already be in place, with principal photography scheduled to begin in November. Naturally, inquiring minds want to know who makes up this all-star cast of female actors!
Thoughts?
via Shadow And Act » Lionsgate & Tyler Perry Prepping Film Adaptation Of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf.
Tyler Perry is Adapting Shange's "For Colored Girls…" (i am angry)
Yvonne connected me to this through a really nice blog called shadow and act, It is terrible news. As the blogger stated IF ANY FILM NEEDS to be directed by a Black Woman It’s this one, I know several personally who would shame Tyler back into the hole he crawled… let me stop.
Check for the petition soon, Lionsgate we are coming for you…
Lionsgate & Tyler Perry Prepping Film Adaptation Of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf
By Tambay, on September 3rd, 2009
Oh. My. God!
Back in March of this year, up-and-comer Nzingha Stewart was reported to have been hired by Lionsgate to helm the project, based on her own screenplay adaptation of the award-winning literary piece.
Now, this afternoon, Nikke Finke of Deadline Hollywood Daily, is reporting that Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to filmmaker Tyler Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play. Perry apparently will write, direct and produce, and will be the first project for 34th Street Films, Perry’s new production company, which is housed at Lionsgate.
Perry’s adaptation is said to feature an all-star cast of female actors, and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Atlanta in November 2009 and continue through December 2009. Lionsgate plans to release the film in 2010.
Perry states, “Making a film of ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf’ is a dream come true for me. Ntozake Shange’s play is a magnificent tribute to the strength and dignity of women of color, and I think audiences of all generations will be able to recognize and embrace the experiences these women represent. Creatively, this movie is one of the most exciting undertakings of my career, and I’m excited to start production this November.”
This is just not a good idea! Tyler Perry shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near this material. There’s a reverence inherent in the piece that I just can’t see Perry delivering. His past work indicates that what we’ll end up with is some heavy-handed, mawkish soap opera!
And what happened to Nzingha Stewart’s original agreement with Lionsgate? Obviously, it’s been flushed in favor of whatever it is Perry has cooked up. Or did they just buy out Stewart, and give whatever work she’d done on it already (notably the screenplay she’d already written) to Perry?
If anything, this deserves to be written and directed by a black female writer/director. There are so few actually working, that, if I were Tyler Perry, I’d humbly step away from the project, in order to give someone else the opportunity.
I’m going to try to get in touch with Stewart to see what other info on this I can dig up!
Given Finke’s report, it seems that the film’s cast might already be in place, with principal photography scheduled to begin in November. Naturally, inquiring minds want to know who makes up this all-star cast of female actors!
Thoughts?
via Shadow And Act » Lionsgate & Tyler Perry Prepping Film Adaptation Of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf.