My Publicist Note Book

In the spring  Little  will hit theaters featuring some of the biggest stars and will make history by 14-year-old Marsai Martin will hold the title as the youngest executive producer of a major Hollywood motion picture in history. Marsai  will also co-star in the film alongside Regina Hall.  Marsai   had the idea of the film when she was just 10 years old after falling in love with the Tom Hanks film,  Big . Then pitched the idea to Black-ish Executive Producer Kenya Barris. While the body-switch comedy isn’t a concept new to Hollywood ( 17 Again, 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, The Change Up ), the film is formative for the reason that a 14-year-old Marsai Martin will now hold the title as the youngest executive producer of a major Hollywood motion picture in history. What’s more, this is a film created by a black girl, starring black women, directed by a black woman and written by black women, and therefore shows there is nothing little a...

As the old show business saying goes “Dying is easy, and comedy is hard,” and that’s been the case for a number of titles in the genre at the box office this year which has dropped like flies. Take your pick:  Rough Night, Baywatch, The House, Fist Fight , the list goes on. Compare this to last year when four comedies –all released during the summer– held their own including  Ghostbusters  (it made $128M despite being a financial upset),  Central Intelligence  ($127.4M),  Bad Moms  ($113.3M) and  Sausage Party  ($97M) . But this summer, and this year to date, Universal can relish the fact that they bucked a downward box office trend with their sleeper hit  Girls Trip  from director Malcolm D. Lee which is crossing $100M at the domestic box office today. Many say that the female audience is underserved, and again it shows that they’re titillated by raunchy comedies, and that’s why  ...

Best friends Ryan, Sasha, Lisa and Dina are in for the adventure of a lifetime when they travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild side by doing enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy  blush. The film stars  Regina Hall ,  Queen Latifah ,  Tiffany Haddish ,  Jada Pinkett Smith ,  Larenz Tate  and  Mike Colter  and produced by  Will Packer Release date:  July 21, 2017 (USA) Director:  Malcolm D. Lee Budget:  28 million USD Production companies:  Universal Pictures ,  Will Packer Productions Producers:  Malcolm D. Lee, Will Packer "Women, particularly black women, we made this movie for you," said Director Malcom D. Lee. "It’s time you receive the big-screen treatment and we hope we delivered for you." For the ladies o...