Rick Famuyiwa

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Frozen II, The Mandalorian, Seinfeld

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Netflix to set vigilante superhero film with Keeanu Reeves in talks to star

Posted 8 years ago

Some would argue that JOHN WICK superstar Keeanu Reeves is a real-life superhero in his own right, though now it appears as if he could become one on Netflix as well. Word has recently reached the masses that Reeves is in...

Dope director Rick Famuyiwa signs on for Black Hole adaptation

Posted 8 years ago

Over a span of ten years, Charles Burns wrote and illustrated a twelve issue comic book series titled BLACK HOLE, telling a story that followed  a group of high schoolers who contract a mysterious, apparently sexually transmitted disease known as...

Rick Famuyiwa to write and direct adaptation of Charles Burns’ Black Hole

Posted 8 years ago

Rick Famuyiwa (DOPE) didn't wind up spending all that much time on Warner Bros.' THE FLASH before he left due to creative differences, but that doesn't mean that he's done with the world of comic-books as THR reports that Famuyiwa...

Dope director Rick Famuyiwa set to direct Son of Shaolin

Posted 9 years ago

Director Rick Famuyiwa‘s film DOPE made a splash in the indie scene, and apparently led to many meeting and potential projects. In fact he was this close to directing the DCEU FLASH film (I assume before it was a FLASHPOINT...

The Flash nabs one Dope filmmaker to fill its director vacancy

Posted 10 years ago

Warner Bros. has acted rather deliberately in trying to find the right filmmaker to fill its vacant director's chair on THE FLASH after Seth Grahame-Smith departed the project in late-April. But in doing their due dilligence, the studio has found...

Fox orders pilot for The Greatest American Hero reboot

Posted 11 years ago

Deadline has learned that Fox has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the 1980s cult television series The Greatest American Hero. DOPE writer and director Rick Famuyiwa penned the script, and he's also been set to direct, with THE...

Review: Dope

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A nerdy young black man trying to survive the mean streets of Inglewood, L.A., comes into possession of a large stash of drugs – and that's just one of the extreme experiences he undergoes in the stretch of a...

Check out the trailer for Sundance hit Dope

Posted 11 years ago

Every year we hear about the big breakout hit at the Sundance Film Festival that goes on to success in wide release. Sometimes the buzz is warranted and sometimes it is all hype for a mediocre film. This year’s candidate...

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