{"id":9400,"date":"2018-11-10T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T22:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9400"},"modified":"2018-11-18T15:58:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:58:02","slug":"jodie-turner-smith-to-queen-and-slim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/10\/jodie-turner-smith-to-queen-and-slim\/","title":{"rendered":"Jodie Turner-Smith To QUEEN AND SLIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/2018\/11\/jodie-turner-smith-daniel-kaluuya-queen-slim-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from VIBE<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Jodie Turner-Smith To Share The Screen With Daniel Kaluuya In \u2018Queen &amp; Slim\u2019<\/h1>\n<p>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/author\/kcrowder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaaliq Crowder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imageresource zoom-image\" src=\"https:\/\/static.vibe.com\/files\/2018\/11\/jodie-turner-smith-daniel-Daniel-Kaluuya-1541801196-640x461.png\" alt=\"jodie-turner-smith-daniel-Daniel-Kaluuya\" width=\"480\" data-img-zoom=\"https:\/\/static.vibe.com\/files\/2018\/11\/jodie-turner-smith-daniel-Daniel-Kaluuya-1541801196-compressed.png\" data-img-zoom-w=\"706\" data-img-zoom-h=\"509\" \/><em>CREDIT: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/tag\/lena-waite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lena Waite<\/a> and Melina Matsoukas have finally found their\u00a0\u201cQueen.\u201d Actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who audiences may recognize for her recurring role on\u00a0<em>The Last Ship<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Nightflyers,\u00a0<\/em>has been\u00a0chosen to star opposite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/tag\/daniel-kaluuya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Kaluuya<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Get Out<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Black Panther<\/em>) in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/tag\/lena-waite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waithe<\/a>-penned film\u00a0<em>Queen &amp; Slim<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Reported Thursday (Nov. 8) by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/news\/jodie-smith-turner-queen-and-slim-daniel-kaluuya-1203022499\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>, the budding actress confirmed the news on Instagram. The romantic drama has been described as a\u00a0layered love story. After a first date, the duo is embroiled in a high-stakes case of murder when they kill a police officer in self-defense after a traffic stop. Instead of turning themselves in, they go on the run.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 slated release will be\u00a0directed\u00a0by Matsoukas. This will be her first feature film debut. Currently,\u00a0Matsoukas is the executive producer of HBO\u2019s runaway hit <em>Insecure. <\/em>She\u2019s also known for her\u00a0previous gig as a music video director for the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce, Ciara, and Ne-Yo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords cannot express how excited I am to be starting this journey with you,\u201d\u00a0Turner-Smith captioned to her Instagram post next to her co-star. \u201c[Waithe and Matsoukas], thank you for choosing me to be your QUEEN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/2018\/11\/jodie-turner-smith-daniel-kaluuya-queen-slim-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at VIBE<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from VIBE Jodie Turner-Smith To Share The Screen With Daniel Kaluuya In \u2018Queen &amp; Slim\u2019 by\u00a0Khaaliq Crowder CREDIT: Getty Images Lena Waite and Melina Matsoukas have finally found their\u00a0\u201cQueen.\u201d Actress Jodie Turner-Smith, who audiences may recognize for her recurring role on\u00a0The Last Ship\u00a0and\u00a0Nightflyers,\u00a0has been\u00a0chosen to star opposite\u00a0Daniel Kaluuya\u00a0(Get Out,\u00a0Black Panther) in the\u00a0Waithe-penned film\u00a0Queen &amp; Slim. 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