A hip-hop coming-of-age story is heading to Paramount+ in September, and we lastly have a better take a look at the upcoming film. “On the Come Up,” an adaptation of Angie Thomas’s New York Instances bestselling novel of the identical title, is billed as a “love letter to hip-hop” that follows a younger woman, Bri (Jamila C. Grey), and her dream to take the battle-rap scene by storm.
To honor the legacy of her late father — an underground hip-hop legend killed by gang violence — Bri tries to choose up the place he left off after her first hit goes viral “for all of the unsuitable causes.” In an effort to present her household a greater life, she’ll discover herself torn between staying true to who she is and conforming to a “false gangsta position” that the music business is forcing on her.
A 30-second teaser trailer for the movie premiered throughout this 12 months’s BET Awards, and the complete two-minute trailer, which arrived on Aug. 28 through the 2022 MTV VMAs, affords an in-depth look of the inspiring, star-studded music story.
“On the Come Up” marks Sanaa Lathan’s directorial debut and Thomas’s second book-to-movie adaptation following “The Hate U Give.” The forthcoming challenge has been added to the 2022 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition invoice, the place it will make its world premiere.
Learn forward for all the things we find out about “On the Come Up,” together with the solid, trailer, and launch date.
