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Justin Simien To Direct Horror Satire Film ‘Bad Hair’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

August 16, 2017<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

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Deadline <\/a>is reporting that Justin Simien,<\/strong> best known for his debut feature film ‘Dear White People<\/strong>‘ and the Netflix series that it’s based on, will next direct ‘Bad Hair.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paralleling the rise of New Jack Swing in 1989, Bad Hair is a horror satire that follows an ambitious young woman who gets a weave in order to survive the image obsessed world of music television. Her professional success comes at a higher cost than anticipated, however, when she discovers her new hair may have a mind of its own.<\/p>\n

Simien will collaborate with Sight Unseen, the newly formed production shingle of Julia Lebedev, Eddie Vaisman<\/strong>, and Oren Moverman<\/strong>. Lebedev and Angel Lopez produced Dear White People, and Lebedev is exec producer of the Netflix series spinoff. Sight Unseen VP of Development, Angel Lopez, will oversee the film for the company.<\/p>\n

Simien, who created and exec produced the Dear White People series, is in pre-production on the ten-episode second season, which will premiere in 2018. He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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