Issa Rae To Remake The Italian Comedy ‘Good Strangers’

Issa Rae has a brand new mission within the works. Following the success of her HBO hit sequence Rap Sh!t, Insecure, and the unscripted Candy Life, the actress and producer will attempt her hand at producing, directing, and starring in a brand new movie remake.

Up subsequent on Rae’s rising slate is an American adaptation of the Italian Good Strangers. The movie relies on director Paolo Genovese’s unique function Perfetti Sconosciuti, which was launched in 2016. The movie follows a gaggle of mates who meet up for a cocktail party. What begins off as a standard evening rapidly goes awry when one visitor suggests the group play a dangerous sport. The foundations are easy: everybody has to put their cellphone face up on the desk and share all incoming texts and cellphone calls publicly all through the evening.

Rae initially introduced that she was engaged on adapting Good Strangers for an American viewers in 2019. Netflix reportedly secured funding for the mission together with a set of indie movies, together with A particular relationship, an upcoming biopic about Elizabeth Taylor, and Pizza Lady, a brand new film from Margot Robbie’s manufacturing firm.

Manufacturing particulars for Rae’s Good Strangers are nonetheless largely beneath wraps. If the identical staff remains to be intact, Rae will co-produce the function with Spyglass Media Group and Eagle Footage. In an announcement for the movie, Rae mentioned, “I’m actually trying ahead to bringing this humorous and compelling story to a brand new demographic and couldn’t be happier about partnering with Spyglass staff to make it occur. I liked the unique movie and suppose the story will resonate with audiences right here as nicely.”

Rae’s manufacturing accomplice Ben Ammar additionally expressed his pleasure, after they first joined forces. “I’m proud to be working alongside our companions at Spyglass and the immensely gifted Issa Rae on this socially resonant and provocative comedy that not solely grew to become successful in Europe however went on to seize the eye of audiences across the globe.”

Whereas Rae works on bringing Good Strangers to life, the producer’s actuality sequence Sweet Life is nearing the top of its second season.