Queen & Slim is the feature directorial debut of Melina Matsoukas. She is best known for directing music videos.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her life and career!
- Queen & Slim is a 2019 American romantic drama thriller film
- It is directed by Melina Matsoukas
- In her feature directorial debut
- With a screenplay by Lena Waithe from a story by James Frey and Waithe
- The film stars Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloë Sevigny, Flea, Bokeem Woodbine, and Indya Moore
- The film is described as a modern day take on “Bonnie & Clyde”
- Queen & Slim had its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 14, 2019
- It is scheduled to be released in North America on November 27, 2019, by Universal Pictures
- A couple’s first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation
- When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer’s gun and shoots him
- Now labelled cop killers in the media, Slim and Queen feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law
- When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all across the country
- On July 19, 2018, it was announced that the production company Makeready won a bidding war to co-finance the dramatic thriller film Queen & Slim
- Scripted by Lena Waithe
- From an original idea by James Frey
- Which would star Daniel Kaluuya
- And be directed by Melina Matsoukas
- In November 2018, Jodie Turner-Smith was cast to costar opposite Kaluuya
- In March 2019, Chloë Sevigny joined the cast of the film
- Principal photography began in January 2019
- Production concluded on March 22, 2019
- In the United States and Canada, Queen & Slim will be released alongside Knives Out
- It is projected to gross $12 to 16 million over its five-day opening weekend
- The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 86%
- Based on 35 reviews
- With an average rating of 7.44/10
- Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100
- Based on 21 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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