GIRLS TRIP Director Malcolm D. Lee to Produce Movie Set In The Double Dutch World

Malcolm D. Lee is set to produce The Untitled Double Dutch Project at Universal, according to Deadline. The film will be based off an original idea by Thembi Banks and she will write the script.

The story will revolve around THE JOURNEY of a coach and his double-dutch jump rope team.

Banks is currently the co-producer on the Untitled Hilde Lysiak Project for Apple, and she is a 2018 HBO Directing Fellow.

Lee will produce under his banner Blackmaled Productions. Universal Vice President of Production Sara Scott is overseeing the project on behalf of the studio.

Lee's directing canon, which includes Night School and Girls Trip, has amassed close to $600M worldwide. Lee is also developing the romantic ensemble comedy How to Fall in Love with Anyone, inspired by Mandy Len Catron's New York Times viral article "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This".

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