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Rihanna & Lupita Nyong’o To Star In Netflix Film Directed by Ava Duvernay

Published: Monday 22nd May 2017 by Rashad

A sensational meme of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o set Twitter alight so much it has inspired an entire screenplay to be written starring, you guessed it, Rihanna and Lupita.

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Via EW:

 

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…Netflix has nabbed a film project pairing Grammy winner Rihanna with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, in a concept that began as a Twitter sensation. Ava DuVernay (Selma) will direct, and Issa Rae (Insecure) is writing the screenplay.

Sources say Rae is already working on the script and the studio is eyeing a production start of 2018 after DuVernay completes her current film.

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