Packer - a lover of competition and sports stories like “You Got Served,” “Any Given Sunday” and “A League of Their Own” - instantly recognized the pitch’s potential. The idea started with Antoine (A.J.) Jenkins, then a young executive at Story’s production company, who pitched a movie set in the world of competitive praise teams. The story comes from the writing team of Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana and Jana Savage - collectively known as Murder Ink - who are credited for the screenplay alongside Gordon. Packer produced “Praise This” alongside frequent collaborator Tim Story (their fifth film following “Think Like a Man” and its sequel, plus the “Ride Along” movies), and has reunited with writer-director Tina Gordon (after “Little” and “What Men Want”). Can Sam lean in and let divine intervention lead her to the promised land of both musical superstardom and a newfound spirituality?Ĭhloe Bailey as Sam in “Praise This,” directed by Tina Gordon. Instead, Sam is forced to join her overeager cousin Jess (a charming Anjelika Washington) and her struggling, underdog praise team (think a gospel choir’s younger, cooler cousin) in the lead-up to a national championship competition. With A-Town as a major hip-hop capitol, this could be Sam’s big break and a chance to collaborate with hitmakers like Ty (real-life megastar Quavo). “I’ve got to be able to make ’em in a variety of ways and I’ve got to be able to think of my audience.”īilled as a “cinematic musical event,” the Peacock movie stars Grammy nominee Chlöe Bailey as Sam, an aspiring musician from Los Angeles whose troublemaking ways cause her father to send her to live with relatives in Atlanta. “Within a 12-month period, I’ve had ‘Beast,’ which is a theatrical film ‘Praise This,’ which is a streaming film another streaming film, which is releasing later this year on Disney+ and then I am going into production, hopefully, this fall on a theatrical movie,” he says. 1 domestically, including “Stomp the Yard” and the “Think Like a Man” and “Ride Along” franchises – is diversifying his portfolio. Rock kicked off his stand-up comedy tour Wednesday in Boston, where he began his show by saying he is “still kind of processing what happened.Thus, the prolific producer - whose eponymous production company has seen 10 movies open No. In an Instagram post the following day, the King Richard actor called his actions “ unacceptable and inexcusable,” in addition to apologizing to the comedian. (She suffers from alopecia.) Smith took to the stage and slapped Rock before apologizing to the Academy a short time later in his best actor acceptance speech, during which he did not mention Rock. On Sunday, Rock was about to present the Oscar for best documentary when he made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, that seemingly referenced her shaved head. However, sources close to the situation told The Hollywood Reporter that Smith was not formally asked to leave. In this latest statement, the Academy also said Smith had been asked to leave the show but refused. On Wednesday, the Academy stated that “ disciplinary proceedings” against Smith had begun, which could lead to “suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct.” Shortly after the telecast ended, Packer tweeted, “Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring #Oscars.” On Monday morning, he further tweeted that it was a “ very painful moment.” This represents Packer’s first interview about the incident that remains a major topic of debate. The LAPD confirmed in a statement Sunday that Rock “declined to file a police report.” Packer also told ABC News that he did not speak with Smith on Oscars night. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oscars: Taylor Swift, David Zaslav, Keke Palmer and Ke Huy Quan Among 398 Invited to Join Film Academy
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