‘Dope’ Director Rick Famuyiwa is Developing Disney’s First African Princess Movie, ‘Sade’

Posted on Friday, July 27th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui

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Disney is developing its first fairytale film starring an African princess. The House of Mouse has tapped Dope director Rick Famuyiwa to produce Sadé, a live-action fantasy film featuring the studio’s very first African princess.

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