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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/6/2009

'My Black Friend' headed to big screen

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Lionsgate and Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films are partnering to develop the comedy "Will You Be My Black Friend?" with Chris Rock starring. The project stems from a November GQ magazine article written by senior correspondent Devin Friedman, who began a self-conscious search for black friends on ...

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weblogs.variety.com - 10/9/2009

Marshall Gets "Burst" of 3D Inspiration

— weblogs.variety.com — “Doomsday” helmer Neil Marshall is entering the realm 3-D horror. Marshall will direct “Burst” for Ghost House... Pictures, a film that puts him back in business with Lionsgate, which distributed his 2006 pic “The Descent.” Lionsgate has acquired ... (more) Marshall Gets "Burst" of 3D Inspiration

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weblogs.variety.com - 10/5/2009

Lionsgate makes "Black Friend" with Winfrey, Rock

— weblogs.variety.com — Lionsgate has partnered with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films to acquire rights to the November 2008 GQ Magazine... article “Will You Be My Black Friend?” The article, a humorous account by senior correspondent Devin Friedman about his clumsy attempt to make ... (more) Lionsgate makes "Black Friend" with Winfrey, Rock

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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/6/2009

Lionsgate, Lakeshore raid 'Vatican'

— hollywoodreporter.com — Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment will co-produce "The Vatican Tapes," a spooky genre film written by Christopher Borrelli... from a story by Borrelli and Chris Morgan. Lionsgate acquired the thriller, in the vein of "The Exorcist" or "Rosemary's ... (more) Lionsgate, Lakeshore raid 'Vatican'

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WILL YOU BE MY BLACK FRIEND? Chris Rock Says, “Yes”
Collider — ... According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rock is set to star in the film with Oprah Winfrey’s production Company, Harpo Films, producing.  Presumably, the adaptation will center on a white guy and a black guy who go through the awkwardness of forging a friendship despite racial and cultural barriers, with I assume Rock playing the lead.  I come to this conclusion because THR says Rock is “starring” so it can’t be a supporting role where he just advises his white friend how to make other black friends. ...

Chris Rock Is Going To Be 'My Black Friend'
MTV Movies Blog — ... ," Chris Rock will play the titular new companion to GQ writer Devin Friedman in the film adaptation of Friedman's 2008 article, ...