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The Little Women star will play a hotel maid who seeks to solve a murder in the big-screen adaptation of Nita Prose s debut novel.
Florence Pugh is set to star in Universal s big-screen adaptation of Nita Prose s debut novel,
The Maid.
Pugh will play the titular character in an Agatha Christie-like murder mystery with an unlikely detective: Molly the maid.
Molly works at Regency Grand Hotel and tidies up the guests’ messes and sweeps up their secrets. But things take a suspenseful turn when she discovers an infamous wealthy guest, Mr. Black, dead in his bed and sets about to solve the mystery of his demise.
Pop Smoke is heading to the movie screen!
The rapper will make his posthumous acting debut in an upcoming film called
Boogie.
Deadline reports the movie is a “coming-of-age” story. The plot is about a man named Alfred “Boogie” Chin who lives in Queens, New York, and is passionate about basketball. Boogie has big dreams of one day playing in the NBA but his parents want him to focus on getting a scholarship to an elite college. Boogie’s challenge is having to find a way to navigate “a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation”, the article reports.
Boogie, a film written and directed by Eddie Huang.
Focus Features is set to release the film on March 5, 2021, in select US theaters amid what exhibitors hope will be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This marks the directorial debut of Huang, who is also a restauranteur. Huang is known for penning
Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, which was successfully adapted by ABC into the popular Fresh Off the Boat television series. Boogie is officially described as “the coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.”