Butterflies in Entertainment
Lupita Nyong’o, Rihanna to Star in Viral Scammer Flick Directed by Ava DuVernay, Written by Issa Rae
It all started with one tweet on an April afternoon. It simply told the story of two friends who scam rich white men. I’d like to think of it as a modern-day telling of Thelma & Louise. Just blacker.
And it caught the eyes of Lupita Nyong’o and Rihanna:
And then Ava DuVernay and Issa Rae jumped in on the action: