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| BLM co-founder loses multi-platform Warner Brothers deal after delivering no content on contract |
| 2023-05-30 |
| [THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] In October 2020, 39-year-old Black Lives Matter co-founder and former leader Patrisse Cullors signed a multi-year contract with Warner Bros Television Group to create content for the entertainment giant, but the studio quietly ended then relationship last year with no material produced, reports the New York Post. On Friday, a source familiar with the situation told the outlet, "The studio signed an overall deal with BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors at some point in 2020" but the "Deal expired at end of October 2022." "The deal unfortunately did not result in any produced shows," the source added. The agreement was a multi-year, multi-platform deal in which Cullors would produce original material, including scripted comedies and dramas, animated shows, and documentary series, that would focus on black stories. The content would go out on the distributor's broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms. Variety first reported on the deal in 2020 but did not disclose its value. Previously, Cullors said in an interview that she was working on material for Warner Bros, including documentaries focused on reparations and social mobility of black Americans as well as a scripted program on marijuana. "and a little black mermaid" Patrisse Cullors, who helped found BLM in 2013, stepped down from the organization after a real-estate scandal emerged in May 2021 when it was revealed she spent $3.2 million on four different homes in Georgia and Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,. Soon after more reports started to emerge of Black Lives Matter leadership using company funds for personal luxury. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Reparations comedy won’t happen. We all missed out. Newsom didn’t act fast enough. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-30 12:44 |
| #7 It was a payoff by 'The W-B' plain and simple. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-05-30 10:47 |
| #6 And nay a dope smoking black woman Penguin mini-series. Say what you will about l-s8ian Batgirl, at least they showed up to work and tried. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-30 10:03 |
| #5 At least it was privately funded no-work welfare. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-05-30 06:52 |
| #4 What happened to "despite Cullors saying she planned dramas, comedies, documentary series and animated programming for children."? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-05-30 06:42 |
| #3 Like campaign money sent to Tank Abrams or Beetle O'Rourke, this was at least money that didn't go to someone who might have actually made some race-grift propaganda. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-30 06:00 |
| #2 Content requires work. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-30 05:40 |
| #1 ...I guarantee the money got sent out, though. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2023-05-30 01:40 |