“I think the biggest difference was coming into this knowing a bit more about the process,” Thomas told PW. On the Come Up is the second of Thomas’s books to hit the big screen The Hate U Give came out in 2018. But with bills piling up and homelessness a very real possibility, Bri no longer wants to make it-she has to make it. A song that goes viral for the wrong reasons lands Bri in the middle of a storm of controversy. Life isn’t easy with her mother, Jayda “Jay” Jackson (Lathan), unexpectedly losing her job, being labeled as a miscreant at school for “aggressive” behavior, and trying to make ends meet, Bri pours her frustrations into her first song. (Malik, The Pros of Cons), and Nijah Brenea (Dominique, Rap Sh!t).īrianna “Bri” Jackson (Gray) aspires to be one of the greatest rappers of all time, but as the daughter of the late underground rap legend Lawrence “Lawless” Jackson, who was murdered before breaking into the mainstream rap scene, Bri has some large shoes to fill. It stars Jamila Gray ( Sweet Conversation) as Brianna “Bri” Jackson, Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Aunt Pooh, Only Murders in the Building), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Supreme, How High), Miles Gutierrez-Riley (Sonny, The Wilds), Cuyle Carvin (Tate, Cobra Kai), Michael Cooper Jr. Bourne ( Love, Simon), Marty Bowen ( The Maze Runner), Wyck Godfrey ( First Man), Isaac Klausner ( The Fault in Our Stars), Jay Marcus ( The Hate U Give), Robert Teitel ( Men of Honor), Angie Thomas, and George Tillman Jr. The film was executive produced by John Fischer ( The Hate U Give) produced by Timothy M. With a screenplay by Kay Oyegun ( This Is Us), the film marks the feature directorial debut of Sanaa Lathan ( Succession) who also co-stars as Jayda “Jay” Jackson. markets in tandem with the launch on Paramount+ in U.S., Canada, and Italy, with further international markets to follow later this year. The movie will open across the top 50 U.S. Initially set to stream exclusively on Paramount+, the studio has announced that the film will also have a limited theatrical release in sync with its streaming debut, following a successful launch at the Toronto International Film Festival. Sliding into the rap battle ring on September 23 is Angie Thomas’s latest book-to-movie adaptation, On the Come Up, based on her bestselling novel.

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