Toronto: Busy IM Global Sets Reginald Hudlin to Helm His Comic Script

by Mike Fleming Jr

September 10, 2014 5:38pm

EXCLUSIVE: IM Global’s Stuart Ford has been in Toronto selling out to the walls on The Secret In Their Eyes remake as Julia Roberts joined Chiwetel Ejiofor and Gwyneth Paltrow. Now, he’s just set up a new film here. They’ve set Reginald Hudlin to direct and produce an untitled comedy which he co-wrote, with CAA selling the domestic rights and Hudlin producing through his Hudlin Entertainment banner. Hudlin, fondly remembered for helming the sleeper hit House Party, most recently was Oscar nominated for producing the Quentin Tarantino-directed Django Unchained. Hudlin wrote the script with Chris Spencer (Real Husbands of Hollywood) and Eric Daniel. He separately wrote the graphic novel The Black Panther for Marvel Comics and exec produced the animated series, and he has directed episodes of TNT’s Murder in the First and the upcoming NBC shows Bad Judge and Marry Me, and the Fox sitcom Weird Loners. He has a deal at Fox 21 and is also producer of the NAACP Image Awards. IM Global’s Ford and Matt Jackson will be exec producers and IM Global will sell international. Hudlin’s repped by CAA and attorney Darrell Miller while Spencer is repped by Parallel Entertainment.