Hollywood is taking the world’s largest hip-hop competition to the large display screen.
Deadline experiences that Owen Wilson and Matt Rife are teaming up for a movie based mostly on the legendary Rolling Loud competition, with manufacturing set to kick off throughout the Miami occasion this weekend. Merely titled Rolling Loud, the film tells the story of a strict father (Wilson) sneaking his 13-year-old son into the competition with the assistance of a unstable colleague (Rife) and a competition employee.
The movie, written and directed by Jeremy Garelick, relies on a real story and can capitalize on the competition’s tenth anniversary in 2024. Dwell Nation Productions is behind the mission, with further producers together with Garelick and Will Phelps for American Excessive and Stella Bulochnikov for Pat Solitano Productions. Rolling Loud co-founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif are govt producers alongside Ryan Kroft and Pasquale Rotella.
Rolling Loud Miami will function the film’s backdrop, providing a firsthand have a look at the competition’s wild power. This 12 months’s lineup is headlined by Playboi Carti, whose efficiency has followers speaking for all the precise (and flawed) causes. Whereas the competition usually attracts a rowdy crowd, manufacturing is anticipated to totally embrace the chaos to seize the spirit of the occasion.
As for the movie’s launch, UTA Impartial Movie Group is dealing with worldwide rights, with a 2025 premiere on the horizon. Whether or not it turns into a festivalgoer’s dream or Hollywood’s subsequent large flop, Rolling Loud is bound to generate loads of chatter within the lead-up.
What do you concentrate on a film set at Rolling Loud? Will Owen Wilson and Matt Rife nail the competition vibes, or does this sound like a Hollywood swing and a miss? Share your ideas within the feedback beneath!
December 13, 2024 4:22 pm
