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[This story contains spoilers for “La Locker Room Aux Folles,” the ninth episode of Ted Lasso season three.]

After several nearly hour-long installments, Ted Lasso comes in at a comparatively lean 44 minutes for “La Locker Room Aux Folles,” which despite its title and the opening and closing tunes on the soundtrack, is definitely not a farce about an elaborate attempt by anyone at Richmond to hide their true nature.

It does, however, bring some resolution to Colin’s (Billy Harris) coming out story and takes a big step in positioning Roy (Brett Goldstein) to become Richmond’s next manager if Ted (Jason Sudeikis) ends up heading back to Kansas at season’s end (and, of course, the even larger if of Apple TV+ continuing its biggest show even if its title character isn’t there anymore).

Written by Chuck Hayward — who, Harris noted to THR, has had a key role in shaping Colin’s story this season — and directed by Erica Dunton, “La Locker...

Exclusive: Tip “T.I.” Harris (Ant-Man) is attached to star in Glow Up, a music drama which he will also produce along with Robbie Brenner, producer of the Sundance award-winning film Burden, PepsiCo's Creators League, Kevin McKeon, and T.I.’s producing partner, Brian Sher. Music video director Justin Francis has signed on to direct the pic from a script by Chuck Hayward (Netflix’s Dear White People, Step Sisters). It follows the lives and struggles of an all-girl high…...

A feelgood narrative sits somewhat awkwardly alongside a topical yet disappointingly tepid story of race on campus

Before it was even released, there was swift pushback to the Netflix acquisition Step Sisters. Despite a formidable production team behind it that includes Dear White People writer Chuck Hayward and Master of None’s Lena Waithe, the premise struck the Twitter commentariat as trite and conservative: Jamilah, a college senior hoping to gain admission to Harvard Law School, is asked by a professor to rehabilitate a group of disgraced white sorority sisters by teaching them how to step, a style of percussive dance that has its roots in African foot dancing and black sorority life. If she can pull it off, and impart upon them lessons of unity and sisterhood, the sorority will be readmitted to campus (they were punished because a sister was caught having sex on school grounds) and Jamilah...

Exclusive: Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Step Sisters, the Charles Stone III-directed sorority comedy that had been in the works at Broad Green Pictures. That company had planned a March theatrical release for the pic, but in August said it was shuttering its production division, with about 50 development projects being kicked back to filmmakers to be set up elsewhere. Step Sisters, penned by Dear White People‘s Chuck Hayward, was one of those, after Broad…...

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“Intense.” It’s easily the one word to describe “Chapter V” of Justin Simien’s Netflix series, Dear White People.

“It was intense, bro,” says Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Moonlight, who stepped in to direct the episode, which is a largely satirical take on racial tension at a predominately white Ivy League-type campus told through the eyes of black students upended when campus security is called to a party and pulls a gun on a black student named Reggie (Marque Richardson).

The scene comes near the end of an episode that sees Reggie, a student activist, and his friends journey (via several enjoyable walk-and-talks) through campus from one event to the next before arriving at a party where he and a white student (Nolan Funk) get into a racially charged confrontation over singing the N word along to a Future song. As tensions...

Broad Green Pictures has just dated is comedy Step Sisters from Drumline director Charles Stone, III for March 31, 2017. The comedy is about an ambitious college senior struggling to teach a hard-partying rival sorority how to step dance. Cultures clash and sisterhood prevails as everyone steps out of their comfort zones. The film, written by Chuck Hayward, stars Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, with Matt McGorry and Naturi Naughton. It was written by Chuck…...

Broad Green Pictures said today its sorority comedy Step Sisters will open on March 31. The pic is directed by Drumline‘s Charles Stone III and follows an ambitious college senior struggling to teach a hard-partying rival sorority how to step dance. Step Sisters stars Alessandra Torresani, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, with Matt McGorry and Naturi Naughton and was written by Chuck Hayward. Broad Green is making a go at releasing more mainstream fare after…...

Broad Green Pictures has announced the cast of its comedy "Step Sisters," the Charles Stone-directed project which begins shooting next week in Atlanta.

Formerly titled "Ain't No Half Steppin'," the ensemble includes Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, Gage Golightly, Nia Jervier, Alessandra Torresani, Marque Richardson, Naturi Naughton and Matt McGorry.

Written by Chuck Hayward, the story centers on an ambitious black sorority girl (Echikunwoke) who, in order to get admitted to the law school of her dreams, agrees to cross cultural lines and teach the exclusive art of black Greek stepping to a band of party-obsessed white sorority girls whose charter is about to be revoked.

Matt Alvarez, Lena Waithe and Benjamin Cory Jones will produce with a 2017 release planned.

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Broad Green Pictures producing with Straight Outta Compton’s Matt Alvarez.

Mister Smith Entertainment is to commence pre-sales on Charles Stone’s dance comedy Ain’t No Half Steppin’ at the European Film Market (Feb 11-19).

Produced by Broad Green Pictures, the film centres on a college girl who agrees to teach the art of ‘stepping’ – an African American percussive dance – to a group of sorority girls in order to improve her chances of getting into law school.

Broad Green Pictures announced the project in November as part of a production deal with Straight Outta Compton producer Matt Alvarez.

Alvarez will produce alongside Lena Waithe (Dear White People) and Benjamin Cory Jones (Hand Of God). Chuck Hayward (Beauty Shop) wrote the script. Choreographer Aakomon Jones (Pitch Perfect) will oversee the dance sequences.

Casting is underway, with principal photography scheduled to begin in April or May.

Broad Green Pictures will distribute the film theatrically in the Us.

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