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About That Popular 'Black Films Don't Sell ...Pitch For "Basketball Wives"-Inspired Feature Project Picked Up By Fox Searchlight
Tracey Edmonds and Basketball Wives star Shaunie O'Neal (ex-wife of Shaquille O'Neal) have sold a pitch to Fox Searchlight for an untitled project that will be penned by Jumping The Broom co-writer Elizabeth Hunter.
The project, loosely inspired by the lives of Shaunie O'Neal and her friends, is described as follows:
Centers around a young woman who follows her boyfriend to Miami after he gets drafted into the NBA. Thrust into the world of professional sports, she meets and learns from the sisterhood of players' wives and learns from their trials and tribulations.
"The beauty of a feature film is that we'll have the ability to dig much deeper into the stories and characters that come from this very colorful world and create a very juicy action packed narrative," Tracey Edmonds told Variety.
Both she and O'Neal will co-produce the feature film, under Edmonds' Our Stories Films Inc production company, with Glendon Palmer and Phil Robinson as exec producers.
I can see the attraction to this project actually; the success of the Wives franchise of TV series particularly. And I don't think any of them has yet to receive scripted big screen treatment.
No word on when we can expect to see this. But it's on my watch list.
5 Comments
CRITICAL ACCLAIM | May 1, 2012 11:48 PM
Do we have to?
Yogi | May 1, 2012 9:43 PM
With the "boycott" of BB Wives and the possible consequences of the backlash Shaunie needs to refocus her brand on something else. Glad to see it's films.
getthesenets | May 1, 2012 9:23 PM
coonery
wives of uncle tom= aunt tammies
Armure | May 1, 2012 3:58 PM
This may b a successful project n I wish them well, however based on the info in this article, the storyline sounds too similar to the storyline of " The Game". I've watched that show since the beginning n Melanie followed Derwin as he was an up n coming rookie in the world of professional football. Hopefully the storylines vary drastically or this project may not pick up much momentum
Kia | May 1, 2012 3:40 PM
If this is done right, meaning not playing for laughs only and overly melodramatic, but an earnest look into that life from the wife's perspective and a talented cast... who knows.