Justin Simien

Date of Birth

1983-05-07

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

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Justin Simien, Heist: Or How to Steal a Planet

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Justin Simien to direct sci-fi crime thriller Heist: Or How to Steal a Planet

Posted 2 years ago

Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien to helm adaptation of sci-fi crime thriller Heist: Or How to Steal a Planet.

Horror Movie News

Haunted Mansion gets its digital and Blu-ray release just in time for Halloween

Posted 3 years ago

Although the Disney horror-comedy reboot couldn't fare well in theaters during the summer, it will be available for the spooky season.

TV News

Lando: Donald Glover and his brother will be writing for the Star Wars spin-off series on Disney+

Posted 3 years ago

A series that had been developing for years has a change in creative voices and picks up the Glovers hot off their series, Swarm.

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A casting call may have revealed several of the ghosts we'll be seeing in Justin Simien's Disney ride inspired Haunted Mansion

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Haunted Mansion casting call may reveal the film’s ghosts

Posted 5 years ago

Dear White People and Bad Hair director Justin Simien is set to direct a new film based on the Haunted Mansion ride that’s at both Disney Land and Disney World, and a casting call may have just revealed several of...

Haunted Mansion: Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish to star in Disney film

Posted 5 years ago

A few months ago, it was announced that Dear White People and Bad Hair director Justin Simien had been hired by Disney to helm a new film inspired by their Haunted Mansion, a ride that's at both Disney Land and...

Haunted Mansion reboot to star LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish

Posted 5 years ago

With Disney's Jungle Cruise scheduled to set sail in theaters this Friday, it feels like the perfect time to announce new details about the studio's Haunted Mansion movie. It's been reported that LaKeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You, Get Out)...

Haunted Mansion: Justin Simien to direct former Guillermo del Toro project

Posted 5 years ago

Seven years after Disney released the 2003 film Haunted Mansion (watch it HERE), starring Eddie Murphy and inspired by the ride that's at both Disney Land and Disney World, the studio hired Guillermo del Toro to direct a new take...

Terror takes root in new trailer for Hulu’s Bad Hair

Posted 6 years ago

Set in 1989, BAD HAIR stars Elle Lorraine as Anne, an ambitious young woman who is forced to get a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career comes at a great...

Review: Bad Hair (Sundance 2020)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A young black woman (Elle Lorraine), trying to make it as a VJ at an urban music video network, caves under pressure and invests in a custom-made weave, only to realize that the hair has a life of its...

Dear White People creator to direct horror film Bad Hair this summer

Posted 8 years ago

It's been three years since we heard that Justin Simien, writer/director of the 2014 social satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, was planning to make a "psychological horror film with a satirical streak", but that project has never made it into production...

Dear White People director Justin Simien venturing into horror

Posted 11 years ago

Justin Simien made his feature directorial debut with last year's very well received social satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, which scored a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. Now established, he's moving forward on his second movie, said to be "a psychological horror...

The red band trailer for Dear White People used the N-word, a lot.

Posted 12 years ago

While the first trailer for DEAR WHITE PEOPLE definitely played up the racial divide on the fictional campus of Winchester University, but this new red band take drives the racism home. With the crux of the movie centered on a...

Laugh along with the first full trailer for Dear White People

Posted 12 years ago

We shared the first teaser trailer for DEAR WHITE PEOPLE last month which nearly split our readers judging by the comments. The upcoming indie film is a racially charged that showcases a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor that should be taken...

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