By PTI
WASHINGTON: American actor-singer Billy Porter is about to direct a queer teen comedy function tentatively titled ‘To Be Real’ for Amazon Studios.
As per Variety, the upcoming venture comes from Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions which has struck a take care of Amazon Studios.
Porter, who has been capturing his function directorial debut ‘What If?’ for Orion Pictures, will helm the queer teen comedy from an unique script by Ryan Shiraki.
Described as an LGBTQ ‘Superbad’ crossed with ‘Booksmart’, in response to its logline, “‘To Be Real’ follows three queer friends who escape their hometown for Pride Weekend in New York City where they discover that life over the rainbow is an insane, raunchy, often divisive, but ultimately FIERCE non-stop party.”
Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions has been busy, creating amongst different initiatives books like Tamara Winfrey-Harris’ ‘The Sisters Are Alright’ and George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ underneath the corporate’s first-look take care of Sony Pictures Television, in addition to creating ‘New Money’, a half-hour comedy govt produced by Union, Jemele Hill and Kelley Carter at Showtime.
Porter’s ‘What If?’ can be teen-focused however on the drama aspect. Next month, Porter may win his second Emmy as Pray Tell for the ultimate season of ‘Pose’, and he’ll quickly be seen in Amazon’s ‘Cinderella’ because the Fab G.
Union will produce ‘To Be Real’, and Kian Gass from I’ll Have Another Productions will govt produce. Porter and Shiraki may also govt produce.
