{"id":2682,"date":"2002-10-03T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2002-10-03T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2002\/10\/kevin-browns-new-project-with-queen-latifah\/"},"modified":"2015-05-13T16:20:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T14:20:44","slug":"kevin-browns-new-project-with-queen-latifah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2002\/10\/kevin-browns-new-project-with-queen-latifah\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Brown’s New Project With Queen Latifah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to pershing for this.<\/p>\n

Mystery woman: Queen Latifah sleuths for CBS
\nFri Sep 27, 2:48 AM ET<\/p>\n

By Nellie Andreeva<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) — Queen Latifah is returning to
\nprimetime television.<\/p>\n

The versatile actress and recording artist has signed a deal with CBS to
\ndevelop and star in “Mali Anderson,” a drama series project based on Grace F.
\nEdwards’ popular “Mali Anderson Mystery” series of books.<\/p>\n

In “Mali Anderson,” Latifah will play the title character — a former New
\nYork police detective who works as a private investigator out of her dad’s
\napartment in the Strivers Row section of Harlem, N.Y., and takes care of her
\nnephew, whose parents died in a skiing accident.<\/p>\n

Queen Latifah is also executive producing the project with Lawrence Bender
\nand Kevin Brown. Queen Latifah’s production company Flavor Unit and Bender
\nand Brown’s Bender-Brown Prods. are producing.<\/p>\n

Negotiations are under way for Tina Andrews (CBS’ “Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
\nOnassis”) to write the script and for Warner Bros. Television to come on
\nboard as part of the studio’s first-look deal with Bender and Brown.<\/p>\n

When all deals are finalized, the project is expected to be a co-production
\nbetween WBTV and CBS Prods.<\/p>\n

If the project goes to series, it will be a rare broadcast network drama
\ncentering on a black female character.<\/p>\n

“We look at this as an opportunity to do an extraordinary television series
\nwith an extraordinary, unique talent in Queen Latifah, who has such broad
\nappeal because of her acting and her music,” Brown said.<\/p>\n

Bender and Brown were bidding on the rights to the “Mali Anderson” books when
\nthey realized the person they were bidding against was Queen Latifah, a big
\nfan of the novels. The three partnered together and took the project to CBS.<\/p>\n

Queen Latifah’s producing partner\/manager Shakim Compere will serve as a
\nproducer.<\/p>\n

In primetime, Queen Latifah most recently toplined the Fox comedy “Living
\nSingle.” “Mali Anderson” extends her relationship with CBS. Last season, she
\nstarred in the network’s hit miniseries “Leaving With the Dead.”<\/p>\n

On the big screen, Queen Latifah will next be seen in “Brown Sugar.” She also
\nstars in the upcoming feature version of the musical “Chicago” and the comedy
\n“In the Houze,” which she is executive producing.<\/p>\n

Andrews won a Writers Guild of America Award for penning CBS’ 2000 telefilm
\n“Sally Hemings: An American Scandal.” Her writing credits also include the
\n1998 feature “Why Do Fools Fall in Love.”<\/p>\n

Latifah and Andrews are repped by WMA.<\/p>\n

Brown previously optioned the rights to the series of books on which the WB
\nNetwork\/UPN drama “Roswell” was based and was an executive producer on the
\nshow.<\/p>\n

Bender was nominated for an Oscar for his producing duties on “Good Will
\nHunting” and “Pulp Fiction.”<\/p>\n

This past development season, Bender and Brown were executive producers on
\nWBTV’s pilot “Lost in Oz” for the WB Network and ABC’s telefilm\/backdoor
\npilot “Nancy Drew,” scheduled to air Oct. 20.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More entertainment industry news at The Hollywood Reporter Online <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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