Previously, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu was attached to direct On the Come Up, however, a scheduling problem, I hear, prevented her from moving forward with the production. Lathan is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman. Temple Hill, State Street and Angie Thomas are producing On the Come Up.
Lathan’s credits include The Affair, Native Son, The Twilight Zone, plus Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Jon Chu’s Now You See Me 2 and American Assassin opposite Michael Keaton. Her short film Leap, which she directed, part of With/In, a film anthology shot during lockdown, will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
She recently joined the cast of the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Succession and will next be seen starring in the upcoming action thriller Hit and Run opposite Lior Raz. Lathan was Tony-nominated in 2003 for her Broadway performance in A Raisin in the Sun in the Best Featured Actress in a Play category. 'The Best Man: The Final Chapters' Trailer Sets Up Emotional Reunion Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it-she has to. Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral…for all the wrong reasons. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. On The Come Up, from HarperCollins imprint Balzer & Bray, centers on 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. The feature project has been a priority for Paramount Players and they were impressed with Lathan’s vision for the film, the story of which comes from the author of The Hate U Give that novel turned into a 20 motion picture. EXCLUSIVE: Actress Sanaa Lathan will be making her feature directorial debut on Paramount Players’ adaptation of Angie Thomas’ New York Times bestseller On the Come Up.
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