Independent content studio Agc is financing and producing the new action-comedy film “We Real Cool.”
Focusing on a group of college-bound friends, “We Real Cool” will follow Summer, Jordan, and Aurora on their journey home from a Brooklyn party as they avoid neighborhood goons following their implication in a terrifying murder.
With veteran indie film and television producer Effie T. Brown and Sundance producing fellow alum Leah Natasha Thomas producing, the project is set to enter production early next year. Joining Brown and Thomas on the project is Melissa V. Murray, who will make her feature film writing and directorial debut alongside executive producers Stuart Ford, Greg Shapiro, and Glendon Palmer.
“So many people talk a good game about inclusion and hiring women but rarely do the really follow through,” Brown said. “Stuart Ford and Agc did just that. In fact he doubled down – not only are they giving a...
Focusing on a group of college-bound friends, “We Real Cool” will follow Summer, Jordan, and Aurora on their journey home from a Brooklyn party as they avoid neighborhood goons following their implication in a terrifying murder.
With veteran indie film and television producer Effie T. Brown and Sundance producing fellow alum Leah Natasha Thomas producing, the project is set to enter production early next year. Joining Brown and Thomas on the project is Melissa V. Murray, who will make her feature film writing and directorial debut alongside executive producers Stuart Ford, Greg Shapiro, and Glendon Palmer.
“So many people talk a good game about inclusion and hiring women but rarely do the really follow through,” Brown said. “Stuart Ford and Agc did just that. In fact he doubled down – not only are they giving a...
- 11/14/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
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“Dear White People” producer Effie Brown is returning to indie film and will produce a female-fronted action comedy titled “We Real Cool.”
AGC Studios will finance and co-produce the film along with Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas, the company announced today.
Agc’s CEO Stuart Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will serve as executive producers. Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, will make her feature film writing and directing debut with “We Real Cool.”
The project is casting and will go into production early next year.
Per the film’s logline, the story involves college-bound Summer, Jordan and Aurora, who are in for the night of their lives when they attend a party in Brooklyn where things get dicey. With no phones,...
AGC Studios will finance and co-produce the film along with Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas, the company announced today.
Agc’s CEO Stuart Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will serve as executive producers. Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, will make her feature film writing and directing debut with “We Real Cool.”
The project is casting and will go into production early next year.
Per the film’s logline, the story involves college-bound Summer, Jordan and Aurora, who are in for the night of their lives when they attend a party in Brooklyn where things get dicey. With no phones,...
- 11/14/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Producers earmark early 2019 start on action comedy.
Agc Studios has added another urban feature to its roster and will finance and co-produce the action comedy We Real Cool with Dear White People producer Effie T. Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas.
Melissa V. Murray makes her feature writing and directing debut on the project about three college-bound teens who get implicated in a murder at a party in Brooklyn.
With the subway system down, no phones, no money and a bounty on their heads, the trio must navigate their way throgh hostile territory back to Harlem.
The producers are out to...
Agc Studios has added another urban feature to its roster and will finance and co-produce the action comedy We Real Cool with Dear White People producer Effie T. Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas.
Melissa V. Murray makes her feature writing and directing debut on the project about three college-bound teens who get implicated in a murder at a party in Brooklyn.
With the subway system down, no phones, no money and a bounty on their heads, the trio must navigate their way throgh hostile territory back to Harlem.
The producers are out to...
- 11/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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Stuart Ford's Agc Studios has greenlighted We Real Cool, an urban action comedy from Dear White People producer Effie T. Brown.
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
- 11/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Stuart Ford's Agc Studios has greenlighted We Real Cool, an urban action comedy from Dear White People producer Effie T. Brown.
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
- 11/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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