Lower than a month after she inked a first-look take care of Blue Ant Studios — and introduced she’s engaged on a docuseries about girls in hip-hop, a drama about Black and Indigenous girls troopers in WWII, and extra — Lisa Cortés has confirmed one other challenge, this time for CNN Movies and HBO Max. Deadline stories the “All In: The Combat for Democracy” filmmaker is in manufacturing on a documentary about rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard. CNN will broadcast “Little Richard: I Am The whole lot” (working title) and HBO Max owns the home and worldwide streaming rights.
Cortés and govt producer Dee Rees (“Mudbound”) have been hooked up to the doc because it was first introduced in 2020.
Described as “a deep dive into the life and profession of the long-lasting musician,” “I Am The whole lot” will characteristic interviews with Little Richard’s family members, colleagues, and contemporaries in addition to historians. The doc can even embrace never-before-seen archival footage.
Caryn Capotosto is producing “I Am The whole lot.” Rolling Stone’s Liz Yale Marsh and CNN Movies’ Courtney Sexton and Amy Entelis are among the many EPs.
“Richard Penniman, also called Little Richard, lived a life as massive as his desires, breaking boundaries and changing into a worldwide music famous person. He was a key architect of rock and roll, together with his distinctive sound, efficiency, and bravado launching the recent and thrilling new style,” the supply particulars. “The artistic genius behind tunes starting from ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Lengthy Tall Sally’ to ‘The Magic College Bus Theme’ additionally personified the fearless independence that rock impressed, regardless of the brand new music’s ascendance throughout an period of brutal prejudice and racism.”
A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and inductee to each the Grammy Corridor of Fame and Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, Little Richard died in Might 2020 at age 87.
“I’m delighted to present Little Richard the royal therapy he so deserves,” Cortés mentioned. “This magnificent rock ‘n’ roll icon modified the world for all of us – Black and white, straight and homosexual, on a regular basis folks and stars. His story is the historical past of rock ‘n’ roll: musical genius blended with the sheer audacity to morph and alter at will, looking for permission from nobody.” She continued, “The movie is known as ‘I Am The whole lot’ as a result of that was Little Richard’s triumph, transcending all classes and expectations to be every thing he dreamed.”
“Little Richard’s profession is among the most fascinating and necessary tales in music and popular culture historical past,” added exec producer Robert Friedman. “The movie will unspool Richard’s incalculable affect on music historical past, in the end giving him his rightful place on the rock and roll throne.”
“The Remix: Hip Hop X Vogue” can be amongst Cortés’ credit. Her upcoming slate contains “The Empire of Ebony,” a doc about Black media empire Ebony Journal that’s now in post-production.
Supply: Women And Hollywood
