State Street Pictures

12/03/2021

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/thanksgiving-grandma-wrong-text-netflix-movie-1235124198/

10/19/2020

https://deadline.com/2020/10/on-the-come-up-wanuri-kahiu-set-to-direct-feature-based-on-the-hate-u-give-author-angie-thomas-book-1234599674/

EXCLUSIVE: Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has come aboard to direct Paramount Player’s feature adaptation of bestselling author Angie Thomas’ second novel On The Come Up. The director b…

07/21/2020

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cynthia-erivo-star-musical-dramedy-talent-show-1303913

Lena Waithe ('Master of None') wrote the latest version of the script.

12/11/2019

https://deadline.com/2019/12/kay-oyegun-angie-thomas-book-on-the-come-up-paramount-1202806553/

EXCLUSIVE: Kay Oyegun, who currently serves as a producer and writer on NBC’s hit drama series, This Is Us, has been tapped to write the screenplay for the film adaptation of On the Come Up, …

11/04/2019

https://deadline.com/2019/11/trevor-noah-tani-adewumi-homeless-8-year-old-nigerian-chess-prodigy-movie-paramount-pictures-1202775135/

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has acquired an untitled film project built around the Adewumi family. Living in a homeless center on religious asylum, 8-year-old Tani won the 2019 New York chess championship…

02/25/2019

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-what-does-a-movie-producer-actually-do-0222-story.html

When the best picture winner is announced at the Oscars on Sunday, the statues will go to the film’s producers. But what does a producer actually do? Some answers ...

02/04/2019

https://deadline.com/2019/02/fox-on-the-come-up-angie-thomas-george-tillman-jr-1202549519/

Following the 2018 release of Fox 2000’s highly emotive YA drama The Hate U Give, the studio is reuniting with New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas and the team behind the film for …

01/09/2019

https://deadline.com/2019/01/hate-u-give-director-george-tillman-jr-inks-first-look-producing-deal-with-20th-century-fox-tv-1202531918/

The Hate U Give director George Tillman, Jr. is expanding his relationship with Fox, signing a multi-year first-look producing deal with 20th Century Fox TV, via his State Street Pictures. Under th…

01/03/2019

After volunteers protected it for decades, the North Side entertainment venue is scheduled for a $75 million return to opulence.

12/21/2018

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-the-preachers-wife-and-nothing-like-the-holidays-10th-anniversary-1221-story.html

A look back at 1996's "The Preacher's Wife" and 2008's "Nothing Like the Holidays."

12/04/2018

https://deadline.com/2018/12/the-hate-u-give-amandla-stenberg-russell-hornsby-the-contenders-ny-1202512378/

Based on the YA novel of the same name by Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give tackles relevant social issues that are not just applicable to young adults. The George Tillman Jr.-directed pic adapted by t…