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Disney is developing live-action fairytale film ?Sad?,? centered on an African princess with ?Dope? director Rick Famuyiwa attached to produce.

The studio bought a pitch from Ola Shokunbi and Lindsey Reed Palmer, who will co-write the screenplay about a young African girl named Sad? whose kingdom is threatened by a mysterious evil force and accepts her newly discovered magical powers to protect her people, with the help of the kingdom?s prince.

Famuwiya will produce and Scott Falconer will executive produce through their Verse production banner. Tendo Nagenda and Zoe Kent are overseeing the project for the studio. A director has yet to be named.

Disney saw massive success this year with its Marvel tentpole ?Black Panther,? set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda with worldwide box office grosses hitting $1.35 billion. It?s the third-highest domestic performer of all time at $700 million.

The studio?s 2009 animated comedy ?The Princess and the Frog? starred Anika Noni Rose as a black waitress in 1912 New Orleans who dreams of owning her own restaurant. After kissing a prince who has been turned into a frog by a voodoo sorcerer, Tiana becomes a frog herself and must find a way to turn back into a human. ?The Princess and the Frog? grossed $265 million worldwide.

Famuyiwa is represented by WME and Del Shaw. Verse is repped by WME. Shokunbi is repped by WME and Bloom Hergott. The news was first reported by Deadline.

[Cartierline]

Ommm an AFRICAN black princess?

[Nine]

So now these studios wanna pander to Blacks huh?



This is good though.

[Young]

I knew Wakanda would open doors

[BAPHOMET.]

 

[Cartierline]

What's on your mind babe

[FlowerBomb]

 

[BAPHOMET.]

What's on your mind babe

Basically what Nine said

[fedswatchin]

Why they always gotta run to Africa to showcase blackness

[b7]

And we could actually use some African homage. Let's keep it real.

Nice to see kids screaming "Wakanda forever!" instead of "African booty scratcher".

!!!!! There are grown ass men and women that still believe Africa only has one look because of what they?ve been fed growing up out here in America  i really don?t even blame them, but that?s why these types of movies are important

[FlowerBomb]

So excited for this, between this & Lion King

[Rxxf]

This is great.

I would love for them to cater to other places other than Africa, too.

Like Guyana or Trinidad, etc.

[🦚]

Why?

They already ruined the frog princess mess. Leave Africa the fuck alone.

[Young]

And we could actually use some African homage. Let's keep it real.

Nice to see kids screaming "Wakanda forever!" instead of "African booty scratcher".

!!!!! There are grown ass men and women that still believe Africa only has one look because of what they?ve been fed growing up out here in America  i really don?t even blame them, but that?s why these types of movies are important