{"id":9222,"date":"2018-07-31T00:32:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T07:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9222"},"modified":"2018-07-31T00:32:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T07:32:06","slug":"queen-and-slim-lena-waithe-mashes-it-up-with-james-frey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/31\/queen-and-slim-lena-waithe-mashes-it-up-with-james-frey\/","title":{"rendered":"QUEEN AND SLIM &#8211; Lena Waithe Mashes It Up With James Frey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/4995736\/lena-waithe-tags-daniel-kaluuya-to-star-in-new-movie-queen-and-slim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from INQUISITR<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Lena Waithe Tabs Daniel Kaluuya To Star In New Movie, \u2018Queen &amp; Slim\u2019<\/h1>\n<p>by <span class=\"story--author_name\"><a class=\"story--author_link\" title=\"Posts by Stephanie Barnes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/author\/stephaniebarnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author noopener\">Stephanie Barnes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/7GPrcytaC6LrCjY6Scn5lQE7l4Y\/fit-in\/2048xorig\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2018\/07\/19\/984\/n\/1922283\/tmp_cLOCdO_f3037a8007e2f89c_doubles.png\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Get Out<\/em> and <em>Black Panther<\/em> actor Daniel Kaluuya has been tabbed to take the lead role of Slim, in an upcoming film, <em>Queen &amp; Slim<\/em>, a romance drama written by Emmy award-winning writer Lena Waithe.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/daniel-kaluuya-lena-waithe-team-queen-slim-at-universal-1128447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, the script is being described as the black version of Bonnie and Clyde\u2019s love story. The film will focus on a black couple out and about enjoying their first date together when things take a turn for the worse. The couple ends up killing a police officer in self-defense and have no other option but to head to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQueen &amp; Slim is an exploration of America\u2019s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story,\u201d according to <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/news\/daniel-kaluuya-romance-queen-and-slim-1202878861\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is said to be based on an idea and treatment from best-selling author James Frey (<em>A Million Little Pieces<\/em>) and story created by Waithe and Frey. Melina Matsoukas is also set to join the star-studded team as director, making this her directorial debut for a featured film. Matsoukas is known for her work on HBO\u2019s <em>Insecure<\/em> and has directed a number of music videos, including Beyonce\u2019s \u201cFormation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/4995736\/lena-waithe-tags-daniel-kaluuya-to-star-in-new-movie-queen-and-slim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at INQUISITR<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from INQUISITR Lena Waithe Tabs Daniel Kaluuya To Star In New Movie, \u2018Queen &amp; Slim\u2019 by Stephanie Barnes Get Out and Black Panther actor Daniel Kaluuya has been tabbed to take the lead role of Slim, in an upcoming film, Queen &amp; Slim, a romance drama written by Emmy award-winning writer Lena Waithe. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conversation-information","category-culture-art","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}