{"id":5576,"date":"2017-05-23T01:13:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T01:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/netflix-is-creating-a-movie-starring-rihanna-and-lupita-nyongo-thanks-mostly-to-twitter.html"},"modified":"2017-05-23T01:13:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T01:13:53","slug":"netflix-is-creating-a-movie-starring-rihanna-and-lupita-nyongo-thanks-mostly-to-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/netflix-is-creating-a-movie-starring-rihanna-and-lupita-nyongo-thanks-mostly-to-twitter.html","title":{"rendered":"Netflix is creating a movie starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong\u2019o, thanks mostly to Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Netflix is\u00a0about to make all of our dreams come true. It\u2019s turning into a reality what started as a meme\u00a0about Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna playing scammers and computer geniuses, Entertainment Weekly reports<\/a>.\u00a0Netflix reportedly beat out several other bidders at the Cannes Film Festival to snag a deal to create a movie starring Nyong\u2019o and Rihanna, and directed by Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker\u00a0behind Selma and The 13th. HBO\u2019s Insecure creator and star Issa Rae will write the screenplay, Vanity Fair confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The idea for the movie got its start on Tumblr<\/a>\u00a0two years ago, when someone posted a photo (pictured above) of Rihanna and Nyong\u2019o at a Miu Miu fashion show in 2014. The photo was perfectly captioned with, \u201cThey look like they\u2019re in a heist movie with Rihanna as the tough-as-nails leader\/master thief and Lupita as the genius computer hacker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, two years after the photo appeared on Tumblr, the photo resurfaced on Twitter<\/a> with the following caption: \u201cRihanna looks like she scams rich white men and lupita is the computer smart best friend that helps plan the scans.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when\u00a0Nyong\u2019o, Rihanna, DuVernay and Rae got roped into the mix. A representative for Rae told Vanity Fair that the people who helped develop the storyline via social media will be credited\u00a0in the film in some way.<\/p>\n

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I’m down if you are @rihanna<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/vwHBWeCbFZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lupita Nyong’o (@Lupita_Nyongo) April 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I’m in Pit’z https:\/\/t.co\/Kz0o3lBEmL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rihanna (@rihanna) April 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The movie is slated to begin production next year. This is, perhaps, the best thing Twitter has ever done for us. DuVernay seems\u00a0to have confirmed the news on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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We deserve nice things. \u270c?\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/VlbKhLNDIv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019ve reached out to Netflix and will update this story if I hear back.<\/p>\n

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Featured Image: Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n

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