Despite Netflix’s controversial reception at the Cannes Film Festival the giant streaming service are taking it all in their stride as today they won the rights for a film project pairing Grammy winner Rihanna with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, in a concept that began as a Twitter sensation, beating off many others in an aggressive bid.
It was only a matter of time before we saw Hollywood inspired by developments coming out of social media and thanks to the below meme of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o sat side by side at a Miu Miu fashion show back in 2014, a fan frenzy followed suggesting the pair looked like they had teamed up for some kind of heist movie.
With the meme taking a life of its own on twitter, both ladies pledged their support for the twitter fan inspired film, with hordes of fans even urging Ava DuVernay (Selma) to direct which soon saw her jump on board too. Screenwriter Issa Rae (Insecure) was also approached to write the screenplay and she too gave her support. Oh the power of social media is at times extremely scary.
I'm down if you are @rihanna https://t.co/vwHBWeCbFZ
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) April 21, 2017
I'm in Pit'z https://t.co/Kz0o3lBEmL
— Rihanna (@rihanna) April 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/ava/status/856318715968634881
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