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Netflix is\u00a0about to make all of our dreams come true. It\u2019s turning into a reality what started as a meme\u00a0about Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna playing scammers and computer geniuses, Entertainment Weekly reports<\/a>.\u00a0Netflix reportedly beat out several other bidders at the Cannes Film Festival to snag a deal to create a movie starring Nyong\u2019o and Rihanna, and directed by Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker\u00a0behind Selma and The 13th. HBO\u2019s Insecure creator and star Issa Rae will write the screenplay, Vanity Fair confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n The idea for the movie got its start on Tumblr<\/a>\u00a0two years ago, when someone posted a photo (pictured above) of Rihanna and Nyong\u2019o at a Miu Miu fashion show in 2014. The photo was perfectly captioned with, \u201cThey look like they\u2019re in a heist movie with Rihanna as the tough-as-nails leader\/master thief and Lupita as the genius computer hacker.\u201d<\/p>\n Last month, two years after the photo appeared on Tumblr, the photo resurfaced on Twitter<\/a> with the following caption: \u201cRihanna looks like she scams rich white men and lupita is the computer smart best friend that helps plan the scans.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s when\u00a0Nyong\u2019o, Rihanna, DuVernay and Rae got roped into the mix. A representative for Rae told Vanity Fair that the people who helped develop the storyline via social media will be credited\u00a0in the film in some way.<\/p>\n The movie is slated to begin production next year. This is, perhaps, the best thing Twitter has ever done for us. DuVernay seems\u00a0to have confirmed the news on Twitter.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve reached out to Netflix and will update this story if I hear back.<\/p>\n Featured Image: Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/gettyimages-476790227.jpg?w=680\")
Netflix is about to make all of our dreams come true. It’s turning into a reality what started as a meme about actress Lupita Nyong’o and singer Rihanna playing scammers and computer geniuses. The idea for the movie got its start on Tumblr, when someone posted a photo of Rihanna and Nyong’o at a fashion show in 2014. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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