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Justin Simien

  • Justin Simien in Talks to Direct Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie

    Katie Dippold wrote the most recent draft of the script

    By

    Umberto Gonzalez
    April 22, 2021 @ 10:33 AM
    10:33 AM
    Justin Simien in Talks to Direct Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie
  • Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’ About a Killer Weave Gets New Trailer, October Release on Hulu (Video)

    “Dear White People” director’s new satire takes a look at the societal pressures Black women face

    By

    Jeremy Fuster
    August 13, 2020 @ 1:52 PM
    Movies
    1:52 PM
    Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’ About a Killer Weave Gets New Trailer, October Release on Hulu (Video)
  • Justin Simien on the Korean and Japanese Influence of ‘Bad Hair’ (Video)

    Sundance 2020: “The idea really came from a conversation about a sub-genre of horror in Korean and Japanese horror films about hair specifically,” Simien tells TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven

    By

    Umberto Gonzalez
    January 31, 2020 @ 5:52 PM
    Movies
    5:52 PM
    Justin Simien on the Korean and Japanese Influence of ‘Bad Hair’ (Video)
  • Hulu Nears Worldwide Deal for Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’

    Sundance 2020: The film premiered at the festival last Thursday

    By

    Beatrice Verhoeven
    January 31, 2020 @ 11:47 AM
    Movies
    11:47 AM
    Hulu Nears Worldwide Deal for Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’
  • Sundance Lessons: How the Trump Era Has Focused Indie Filmmakers’ Lens

    Sundance 2020: A sense of loss in the Trump era and a longing for escape from our current reality suffused the festival

    By

    Sharon Waxman
    January 29, 2020 @ 7:03 AM

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    Sundance Lessons: How the Trump Era Has Focused Indie Filmmakers’ Lens

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  • ‘Bad Hair’ Film Review: Justin Simien Puts Thoughtful Twists in a Creepy Horror Movie

    Sundance 2020: Elle Lorraine is riveting to watch as she plays an ambitious producer forced to solve the unexplained mysteries of her sentient hair weave

    By

    Monica Castillo
    January 24, 2020 @ 1:19 AM
    Report From Sundance
    1:19 AM
    ‘Bad Hair’ Film Review: Justin Simien Puts Thoughtful Twists in a Creepy Horror Movie
  • ‘Dear White People’ Renewed for Fourth and Final Season by Netflix

    Series creator Justin Simien will return as co-showrunner alongside Yvette Lee Bowser

    By

    Jennifer Maas
    October 2, 2019 @ 10:00 AM
    TV
    10:00 AM
    ‘Dear White People’ Renewed for Fourth and Final Season by Netflix
  • ‘Dear White People’ Season 3 Guest Stars Include Yvette Nicole Brown, Laverne Cox and Flavor Flav (Video)

    Blair Underwood and series creator Justin Simien will also appear

    By

    Tony Maglio
    July 17, 2019 @ 7:00 AM
    TV
    7:00 AM
    ‘Dear White People’ Season 3 Guest Stars Include Yvette Nicole Brown, Laverne Cox and Flavor Flav (Video)
  • ‘Dear White People’ Creator Justin Simien Takes on Biopic for Sugar Hill Records Founder Sylvia Robinson

    Robinson was a prominent record producer, writing and producing for artists such asĀ Ike and Tina Turner, Kid Rock, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg

    By

    Trey Williams
    October 4, 2018 @ 5:10 PM
    Movies
    5:10 PM
    ‘Dear White People’ Creator Justin Simien Takes on Biopic for Sugar Hill Records Founder Sylvia Robinson
  • Kristen Bell Says ‘Good Place’ Set Really Is a Good Place – Thanks to ‘No Jerks’ Policy (Video)

    “You don’t really ever need to be a dick,” Bell said on TheWrap’s Emmys panel Wednesday

    By

    Brian Welk
    May 31, 2018 @ 3:31 PM
    TV
    3:31 PM
    Kristen Bell Says ‘Good Place’ Set Really Is a Good Place – Thanks to ‘No Jerks’ Policy (Video)
  • Charles King’s MACRO Raises Additional $150 Million for Film, TV Projects

    Company closed initial funding in 2015 for an undisclosed eight-figure amount

    By

    Beatrice Verhoeven
    October 3, 2017 @ 9:00 AM
    News
    9:00 AM
    Charles King’s MACRO Raises Additional $150 Million for Film, TV Projects
  • ‘Dear White People’ Renewed by Netflix for Season 2

    Creator Justin Simien and the cast announced the pickup at the Essence Festival

    By

    Ryan Gajewski
    June 30, 2017 @ 10:00 AM
    TV
    10:00 AM
    ‘Dear White People’ Renewed by Netflix for Season 2
  • New ‘Dear White People’ Trailer Doesn’t Let Up, Starts With a Trigger Warning (Video)

    The preview is simultaneously biting and self-deprecating, but that hasn’t stopped trolls from crying racism

    By

    Carli Velocci
    April 13, 2017 @ 9:34 AM
    TV
    9:34 AM
    New ‘Dear White People’ Trailer Doesn’t Let Up, Starts With a Trigger Warning (Video)
  • Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver,’ Noel Wells Debut ‘Mr. Roosevelt’ Win SXSW Audience Awards

    Blind magician film “Dealt,” Judd Apatow’s latest and “Dear White People” also among winners

    By

    Matt Donnelly
    March 18, 2017 @ 12:52 PM
    12:52 PM
    Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver,’ Noel Wells Debut ‘Mr. Roosevelt’ Win SXSW Audience Awards
  • ‘Dear White People’ Creator: Complaints Denying Racism ‘Sat Beside Comments Calling Me a N—er’

    Justin Simien lays out lengthy history of his new Netflix show amid accusations from alt-right that he’s calling for “white genocide”

    By

    Linda Ge
    February 11, 2017 @ 5:14 PM
    TV
    5:14 PM
    ‘Dear White People’ Creator: Complaints Denying Racism ‘Sat Beside Comments Calling Me a N—er’
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