On December 11, 2019, after Disney 's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and closing of Fox 2000, Paramount Players acquired the film adaptation with Kay Oyegun hired to write the script and Tillman Jr. The film's producers include Thomas and Tillman, alongside Robert Teitel, Jay Marcus from State Street Pictures, and Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner and John Fischer of Temple Hill Entertainment. On February 4, 2019, Fox 2000 Pictures acquired the rights to adapt Angie Thomas's 2019 novel On the Come Up, with George Tillman Jr. The film follows 16-year-old Bri Jackson as she sets out to become a rap star. The film received positive reviews from critics. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and was released both in limited theaters and on Paramount+ on September 23, 2022.
On the Come Up is produced by Paramount Players, Temple Hill Entertainment and State Street Pictures. Gray, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Lil Yachty, Lathan, and Method Man.
Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Angie Thomas, it stars Jamila C. We are lucky to have her, and lucky to know a girl like Bri.On the Come Up is a 2022 American musical drama film directed by Sanaa Lathan in her feature directorial debut. Thomas continues to hold up that mirror with grace and confidence.
"For all the struggle in this book, Thomas rarely misses a step as a writer. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn't always free. Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn't just want to make it-she has to. for all the wrong reasons.īri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. #1 New York Times bestseller - Seven starred reviews - Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book Gray, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Method Man, Mike Epps, GaTa (Davionte Ganter), Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr., and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr. The YA love letter to hip-hop-streaming on Paramount+ September 23, 2022! Starring Sanaa Lathan (in her directorial debut), Jamila C.
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