{"id":80735,"date":"2017-09-07T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T11:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/09\/07\/american-gods-ricky-whittle-joins-sanaa-lathan-nappily-ever-after\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:22:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:22:56","slug":"american-gods-ricky-whittle-joins-sanaa-lathan-nappily-ever-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/american-gods-ricky-whittle-joins-sanaa-lathan-nappily-ever-after\/","title":{"rendered":"American Gods\u2019 Ricky Whittle Joins Sanaa Lathan In \u2018Nappily Ever After\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>American Gods\u2019 Ricky Whittle Joins Sanaa Lathan In \u2018Nappily Ever After\u2019<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>September 7, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/09\/ricky-whittle-joins-nappily-ever-after-netflix-sanaa-lathan-american-gods-1202162859\/\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ricky-Whittle-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-102134\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 253'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ricky-Whittle-3-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/09\/ricky-whittle-joins-nappily-ever-after-netflix-sanaa-lathan-american-gods-1202162859\/\">Deadline<\/a> is reporting that American Gods\u2019 Ricky Whittle has been added to the cast of the Netflix original film <strong>Nappily Ever After<\/strong>, an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by <strong>Trisha R. Thomas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He joins previously announced<strong> Sanaa Lathan, Ernie Hudson, and Lynn Whitfield<\/strong> in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Nappily Ever After centers on Violet Jones (Lathan), who has a seemingly flawless life until an accident at the hair dresser causes things in her life to unravel and she begins to realize that she was living the life she thought she was supposed to live, not the one that she really wanted. She starts to put the pieces back together with a little help from a soulful barber and his young daughte.r. Violet finds the courage to cast off some of the things that she didn\u2019t really need, starting with the perfectly straightened hair, and find a life that has real meaning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sanaa-Lathan-and-Ernie-Hudson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-101649\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 207'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sanaa-Lathan-and-Ernie-Hudson-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a>Hudson portrays Lathan\u2019s father, Richard, who makes big change in his life to become a male model. Whitfield plays Violet\u2019s mother, Paulette.<\/p>\n<p>Whittle will play Clint, a doctor from London who has a long-term relationship with Violet. The duo separate when Whittle\u2019s character begins to feel he doesn\u2019t really know Violet, no matter how close they are or want to be.<\/p>\n<p>Tina Chism drafted the script with rewrites from Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks and most recently filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood.<\/p>\n<p>Directing the film will be <strong>Haifaa Al-Mansour<\/strong>, who made her feature directorial debut with \u201cWadjda.\u201d \u201cWadjda\u201d was nominated for best foreign language film at the 2014 BAFTAs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nappily-Ever-After.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-101650\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 195 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nappily-Ever-After-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tina Chism<\/strong> drafted the script with rewrites from Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks and most recently filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marc Platt, Tracey Bing, Jared Leboff<\/strong>, and Lathan are producing. <strong>Benedict Carver, Vincent Cirrincione<\/strong>, and <strong>Mark Moran<\/strong> are exec producing.<\/p>\n<p>Whittle just finished Season 1 of Starz&#8217;s American Gods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Gods\u2019 Ricky Whittle Joins Sanaa Lathan In \u2018Nappily Ever After\u2019Posted by Wilson Morales September 7, 2017 Source: Deadline Deadline is reporting that American Gods\u2019 Ricky Whittle has been added to the cast of the Netflix original film Nappily Ever After, an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Trisha R. 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