Tasha Smith Reteams With Lee Daniels On His Untitled Horror Netflix Pic
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Multi-hyphenate and Empire alum Tasha Smith is returning to work with Lee Daniels on his Netflix untiled exorcism thriller.Oscar nominee Andra Day plays Ebony, the mother of an Indiana family whose children purportedly became demonically possessed in a thriller inspired by an actual case.
Smith will play Asia, who is Ebony’s best friend.Deadline first told you about Daniels’ new horror movie which Netflix scooped up in a bidding war for $65M, the pic also starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, Oscar nominee Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin and recent King Richard Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis.Smith was mentored by Lee and played the role of Carol Hardaway on Fox’s Empire across 31 episodes.
She also directed two episodes on Daniels’ co-created Fox drama series Star.Smith is also a director and producer. She recently directed the fifth episode of Peacock’s Bel Air, and she executive produced alongside 50 Cent the Starz series BMF which she also directed three episodes on, including the premiere and finale.
BMF follows two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980’s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.Smith is also the EP for the BET Documentary, Strip Down: The Naked Truth, on which she also serves as host and narrator.
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