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Exclusive: Here’s a first look at Stella Meghie’s new film The Weekend, a romantic comedy that is prepping for its world premiere this week as a Special Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival.
SNL alum Sasheer Zamata stars as Zadie, an acerbic stand-up comic who, still friendly with her ex Bradford (Tone Bell), goes with him to his mother’s bed and breakfast — along with his current girlfriend Margo (DeWanda Wise from Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It). Throw in another bed and breakfast guest (Insecure‘s Y’lan Noel) who has no idea what he’s stepped into (as the clip above shows), and the three-day trip will leave nobody unchanged. Kym Whitley co-stars.
UTA and CAA are co-repping U.S. rights to the pic, which world premieres Tuesday 6 Pm Et at the Ryerson Theatre. Meghie also produced along with Homegrown Pictures’ Stephanie Allain (Dear White People), Mel Jones,...
SNL alum Sasheer Zamata stars as Zadie, an acerbic stand-up comic who, still friendly with her ex Bradford (Tone Bell), goes with him to his mother’s bed and breakfast — along with his current girlfriend Margo (DeWanda Wise from Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It). Throw in another bed and breakfast guest (Insecure‘s Y’lan Noel) who has no idea what he’s stepped into (as the clip above shows), and the three-day trip will leave nobody unchanged. Kym Whitley co-stars.
UTA and CAA are co-repping U.S. rights to the pic, which world premieres Tuesday 6 Pm Et at the Ryerson Theatre. Meghie also produced along with Homegrown Pictures’ Stephanie Allain (Dear White People), Mel Jones,...
- 9/10/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: Everything, Everything director Stella Meghie has set the cast for her next film The Weekend. Former SNL castmember Sasheer Zamata, Disjointed‘s Tone Bell, She’s Gotta Have It star DeWanda Wise, Kym Whitley and Y'lan Noel have boarded the comedy, which is being produced and financed by Marada Pictures’ Sarah Lazow and James Gibb. The film, which Meghie also wrote, centers on an acerbic comedian (Zamata) who goes away for the weekend with an ex-boyfriend (Bell)…...
- 3/8/2018
- Deadline
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