{"id":81197,"date":"2017-10-24T12:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/10\/24\/regina-king-joins-barry-jenkins-love-story-if-beale-street-could-talk\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:21:08","slug":"regina-king-joins-barry-jenkins-love-story-if-beale-street-could-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/regina-king-joins-barry-jenkins-love-story-if-beale-street-could-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina King Joins Barry Jenkins&#8217; Love Story \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Regina King Joins Barry Jenkins&#8217; Love Story \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>October 24, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/10\/regina-king-barry-jenkins-if-beale-street-could-talk-1202193147\/\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/regina-king-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-70171\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 201'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/regina-king-pic-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/10\/regina-king-barry-jenkins-if-beale-street-could-talk-1202193147\/\">Deadline<\/a> is reporting that Emmy winning actress <b>Regina King <\/b>has been added to the cast of\u00a0Oscar winning director\u00a0<strong>Barry Jenkins<\/strong>&#8216; next feature, the love story <strong>\u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d <\/strong>joining\u00a0newcomer<strong> Kiki Layne,\u00a0Stephan James and\u00a0Teyonah Parris.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Production on the film is expected to start in October.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the novel by <strong>James Baldwin<\/strong>, \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d follows Tish (Layne), a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover\u2019s innocence while carrying their first born child.\u00a0The movie is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families, and their lives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kiki-Layne-and-Stephan-James-in-Barry-Jenkins-film.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-102200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 220'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kiki-Layne-and-Stephan-James-in-Barry-Jenkins-film-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James will play Fonny, Tish\u2019s fiance, while\u00a0Parris will play Tish\u2019s streetwise sister, Ernestine, who is determined to help her future brother-in-law\u00a0prove his innocence.<\/p>\n<p>The movie will mark Jenkins\u2019 first production with Annapurna and a reunion of \u201cMoonlight\u2019s\u201d producing team with PASTEL and Plan B.\u00a0 \u201cMoonlight\u201d won this year\u2019s best picture Oscar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Barry-Jenkins-If-Beale-Street-Could-Talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-100320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 196'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Barry-Jenkins-If-Beale-Street-Could-Talk-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>King just finished a three year rin on John Ridley\u2019s anthology\u00a0<em>American Crime\u00a0<\/em>for ABC which garnered her three Emmy Award nominations and two wins.\u00a0King previously inked a two-year pact for her and sister Reina\u00a0King\u2019s production company Royal Ties with ABC Studios.<\/p>\n<p>King\u00a0is also a director, having most recently helmed upcoming episodes of NBC\u2019s hit\u00a0<strong>This is Us<\/strong>\u00a0and Showtime\u2019s critically acclaimed\u00a0<strong>Shameless<\/strong>. Her past directing credits include TNT\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Animal Kingdom<\/strong>\u00a0and episodes of ShondaLand\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Scandal<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regina King Joins Barry Jenkins&#8217; Love Story \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201dPosted by Wilson Morales October 24, 2017 Source: Deadline Deadline is reporting that Emmy winning actress Regina King has been added to the cast of\u00a0Oscar winning director\u00a0Barry Jenkins&#8216; next feature, the love story \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d joining\u00a0newcomer Kiki Layne,\u00a0Stephan James and\u00a0Teyonah Parris. 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