Shadae Lamar Smith will direct from a script he wrote with Rochée Jeffrey.
Haddish, who will also have a small role in the movie, will produce via her She Ready Productions with Melanie Clark. Feig and Laura Fischer will produce for Feigco Entertainment, along with Jeffrey. Geoff Ogunlesi and Feigco’s Lynne Hedvig will executive produce.
Throw It Back is heading to the virtual Cannes Market, with CAA Media Finance representing the project’s domestic distribution rights and Mad River handling international sales.
Young Thug — who has earned Billboard 200 No. 1 albums with 2019’s So Much Fun and the Young Stoner Life Records compilation Slime Language 2 in April — is represented by UTA, manager Geoffrey Ogunlesi, and Granderson Des Rochers.
This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.
