Everyone remain calm, we’ve got some exciting news.
You probably saw the memes swirling around back in April when Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o attended the Miu Miu Fashion show.
In case you forgot, at the event the two ladies were photographed sitting together, looking fierce as always.
A picture for the history books pic.twitter.com/OgxAGZMn4Z
— ash (@blaquepink) April 18, 2017
From this picture, the Internet dreamt up a movie plot that the two stars would act in.
Rihanna looks like she scams rich white men and lupita is the computer smart best friend that helps plan the scans https://t.co/PhWs1xd3nj
— WHOOPHERASSKOURTNI (@1800SADGAL) April 18, 2017
After that, Rihanna and Lupita, along with director Ava DuVernay all chimed in, expressing interest in the project.
I’m down if you are @rihanna https://t.co/vwHBWeCbFZ
— Lupita Nyong’o (@Lupita_Nyongo) April 21, 2017
I’m in Pit’z https://t.co/Kz0o3lBEmL
— Rihanna (@rihanna) April 23, 2017
@MikelleStreet @rihanna Lights set. Camera’s up. Ready to call action for these #queens. ? pic.twitter.com/NVgqpFeTnu
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) April 24, 2017
And now, it looks like this dream will become reality!
Rihanna and Lupita will star in the film, which Netflix bid on at the Cannes Film Festival.
Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time, 13th, Selma) is set to direct, with Issa Rae (Insecure) slated to write.
It is unclear if the film will follow the Twitter-inspired plot, but we are excited regardless! I mean, talk about a dream team.
Allie Bush is a Contributing Writer at Femestella. She is interested in creating and sharing entertaining and engaging content, in whatever form it may take. She is a proud TV junkie and in her spare time can be found watching late night talk shows, talking about Chrissy Teigen or Amy Poehler, or eating off of other people’s plates.