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Justin Simien, who wrote and directed the lauded Sundance indie Dear White People which he turned into the Netflix series, will next write and direct Bad Hair. He will team with Sight Unseen, the newly formed production shingle of Julia Lebedev, Eddie Vaisman, and Oren Moverman. Lebedev and Angel Lopez produced Dear White People, and Lebedev is exec producer of the Netflix series spinoff.

Paralleling the rise of New Jack Swing in 1989, Bad Hair is a horror satire that follows an ambitious young woman who gets a weave in order to survive the image obsessed world of music television. Her professional success comes at a higher cost than anticipated, however, when she discovers her new hair may have a mind of its own. Simien has retained the biting satirical commentary but added genre bending thrills. Sight Unseen VP of Development, Angel Lopez, will oversee the film for the company. They've started a teaser website that will be developed over time as the movie takes shape.

Simien sparked to a team-up ”with Sight Unseen in order to create work that both entertains and holds a mirror up to society. This will be both a love letter to black women and a critique of the cultural forces our society puts them through."

Simien, who created and exec produced the Dear White People series, is in pre-production on the ten-episode second season, which will premiere in 2018. He is repped by WME, Oasis Media Group and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka.

http://deadline.com/2017/08/justin-simien-bad-hair-dear-white-people-sight-unseen-1202149510/

Edit: Teaser website https://www.snatchedattheroot.com

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Sounds great.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Isn't this literally the plot of a Treehouse of Horror episode?

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

when she discovers her new hair may have a mind of its own

This part had me burst out laughing.

Sounds interesting.

 

[Slayven]

I swear every black person in america has probably joked about this at least once

 

[Sanjuro]

Get Out.

 

[tomtom94]

Really exciting to see that not only do we have a horror boom but a horror auteur boom, and with Get Out's success it's only going to get bigger.

 

[LionPride]

Yes

 

[FlowersisBritish]

Ha! I got a chuckle so probably good for a campy B horror movie. Never been a fan of the "Get new body part and body part is possessed" trope though.

 

[Shaanyboi]

 

[lightskintwin]

There's already a teaster website at https://www.snatchedattheroot.com LOL

Along with the quote:

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles

 

[Team Filler]

Immediately thought of The Tick:

 

[Black Republican]

So no excuses for people not to see this because of the title this time 🙄

 

[Baroquemantic]

I'm in.

 

[Oldest Snake]

Isn't this literally the plot of a Treehouse of Horror episode?

One of my favourite Simpson moments too.

 

[Slayven]

"Hmm girl you must got some Indian in your family......." she says right before being strangled.

 

[AuthenticM]

yes

 

[LinkSlayer64]

Waiting for the game adaptation developed by Lab Zero.

 

[Odoul]

Scared the dogshit out of 7 year old me.

 

[Neece]

Sounds like it'll have the same tone and appeal of Get Out.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Oh the HAIRMANITY!

 

[lightskintwin]

Scared the dogshit out of 7 year old me.

Where is that from?

 

[PixelatedBookake]

This sounds super dumb and schlocky. I'm in. The hair better talk or fuck this movie.

 

[Messofanego]

Ok, that sounds very interesting. Bet Solange's song gonna show up somewhere.

 

[Odoul]

Where is that from?

Body Bags by John Carpenter.