LeBron James is whipping out his producer hat again for a new project about America's first female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, starring Octavia Spencer. Deets inside…
LeBron James has been steadily building his empire outside of basketball with his hand in several different businesses. And next on his list is telling the story of a black millionaire beauty revolutionary!
Now, he’s using his SpringHill Entertainment production company to tell a much-needed story the masses need to see. James and & SpringHill will be adding their first scripted drama to their line up.
Beauty gurus, take notes! The series will tell the story of activist/entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer. It’s unclear if Octavia will be playing Madam C.J. Walker.
Variety reports:
Walker, the daughter of slaves, was orphaned at age seven, married at 14, and widowed at 20. She spent two decades laboring as a washerwoman, earning $1.50 a week. However, everything changed following Walker’s discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women. By the time she died in 1919, she had built a beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women. She counted W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington among her friends.
LeBron and his friend/business partner Maverick Carter will executive produce the limited series. It’s rumored that Netflix wants to pick up the series, but nothing has been confirmed as of yet.
“I am really proud of this project and that SpringHill will be partnering with Octavia to tell this important story,” LeBron told Variety.“Every American should all know the story of Madam C.J. Walker. She was an innovator, entrepreneur, social activist, and total game changer whose story has been left out of the history books. I hope this project lives up to her legacy with a story that will educate and inspire.”
Black Nativity director Kasi Lemmons will helm and co-executive produce the series and Nicole Asher will help write the script and co-executive produce.
We’re here for this. And props to King James for shining light African-American figures who helped shaped American history.
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