Issa Rae & La La Anthony To Produce Horror Comedy ‘Juju’ For Universal; Angelica Nwandu To Pen, Thembi Banks To Direct

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EXCLUSIVE: Issa Rae and La La Anthony want to scare the living daylights out of you and make you laugh at the same time with Juju.The Insecure and Power vets are executive producing the upcoming horror comedy for Universal Pictures, I’ve learned.

In the early stages, there are not a lot of plot specifics about the picture, right nowHowever, based on an original concept by Angelica Nwandu, the film will be directed by Thembi Banks.

Founder of Instagram-based info hub The Shade Room and a Sundance fellow, Nwandu will write the Juju script. Co-penned by Nwandu, drama Night Comes On won the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.Juju will be the studio feature directorial debut for Banks, who has been past director on Rae’s