Juju: Issa Rae producing, Thembi Banks directing Universal horror comedy

Posted 5 years ago

Director Thembi Banks recently helmed an episode of the HBO comedy series Insecure, and now she's set to continue her working relationship with that show's star and co-creator Issa Rae on a horror comedy titled Juju. Set up at Universal...

Issa Rae and Jordan Peele team up for female identity horror movie Sinkhole

Posted 6 years ago

Issa Rae – creator and star of INSECURE – has teamed up with horror maestro Jordan Peele (GET OUT, US) to develop a film based on Leyna Krow’s short story SINKHOLE, "a thought-provoking genre movie that engages with questions of female...

Review: The Lovebirds

Posted 6 years ago

Review: The newest, highly-digestible comedy to hit Netflix, THE LOVEBIRDS, is one made with the understanding of how incredibly talented leads Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae are.  They take center stage of every gag, awkward encounter, and funny back-and-forth the flick dishes out,...

Issa Rae’s Insecure lands season five renewal at HBO

Posted 6 years ago

Less than three weeks after its season four premiere, HBO has renewed the Issa Rae comedy Insecure for a fifth season. Amy Gravitt, EVP Programming at HBO had this to say about bringing Insecure back for a fifth season:  “We’re thrilled...

B.J. Novak of The Office is directing a thriller for Blumhouse

Posted 6 years ago

B.J. Novak is primarily known for his work in the comedy genre, particularly for his association with the U.S. version of the television series The Office. On that show, Novak was a producer, wrote fifteen episodes, directed five episodes, and...

Kumail Nanjiani & Issa Rae enter a murder mystery in The Lovebirds trailer

Posted 6 years ago

One moment, you've got a perfect, loving relationship, and the next, you're on the run with your partner after being falsely accused of murder. It's a tale as old as time. Kumail Nanjiani (THE ETERNALS) and Issa Rae (Insecure) find...

Review: Little

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Tech boss and savvy dresser Jordan Sanders awakens one morning to find herself transformed back into her thirteen year-old self. REVIEW: Marsai Martin is the youngest executive in Hollywood. At the tender age of ten, the star of the...

Regina Hall, Issa Rae encounter big problems in the new Little trailer

Posted 7 years ago

A delightfully funny trailer for director Tina Gordon Chism's body-swapping comedy LITTLE has arrived online, which finds Regina Hall and Issa Rae experiencing a supernatural phenomenon akin to BIG meets FREAKY FRIDAY meets 13 GOING ON 30, but in reverse! In...