Gunpowder & Sky, a global content studio, alongside Flavor Unit, the production company founded by Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere in 1995, announced today the launch of an upcoming teen comedy, Paper Chase. Latifah and Compere, along with Gunpowder & Sky’s Van Toffler, will all serve as executive producers. Latifah will also make an appearance in the film.
Paper Chase was created by writers Angela Tucker and Lauren Domino. Emmy-nominated Tucker (All Styles) will direct, Domino will produce and Loretha Jones is also set to executive produce.
“Shakim and I have known Van forever and we’re thrilled to collaborate with him and his team,” said Latifah. “This film is exactly what we love to do, make fun and energetic projects that audiences have a blast going to see. Lauren Domino and Angela Tucker are such great talents and we can’t wait to get started.”
Tucker and Domino describe the film as a teen comedy that follows Alicia, an ideal driven, well-meaning New Orleans teenager ready to reinvent herself at the fictional college, Kensington University in Atlanta. When Alicia can’t pay her tuition fees, she and her cash-strapped mom, Valerie, must find a way to get the funds. With help from her best friend Jamilla, Alicia plans to throw a rager to raise the money to keep her college dream alive.
“I’m looking forward to getting the old MTV Films crew back together and continuing the tradition of exposing new breakthrough talent like Lauren and Angela,” said Van Toffler, CEO, Gunpowder & Sky. “And, getting the opportunity to work with Queen Latifah and Shakim is an opportunity you don’t pass up.”
David Harris, Gunpowder & Sky’s SVP of Development, along with Tara Billik, VP of Development and Production, will manage the project.
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