Toronto Film Festival World Premiere of Sanaa Lathan’s “On The Come Up”

Debut directed by Sanaa Lathan let’s go up The world premiere is scheduled for the Toronto Film Festival in September.

Adaptation of the novel by Angie Thomas by The Paramount Players let’s go up, about a 16-year-old aspiring rapper, starring Jamila C. Gray, Dwayne Joey Randolph, Lil Yachty and Mike Epps. The cast includes Lathan and Method Man, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Justin Martin, Titus Makin, Michael Cooper Jr. Is cat.

let’s go upAdapted from screenwriter Kay Oyegun, it follows Bree, a talented rapper trying to dominate the rap scene to raise her family and live up to the legacy of her father, a local hip-hop legend whose career has been truncated. . gang violence.

But when his first hit goes viral for the wrong reasons, he finds himself torn between the authenticity that got him here and the fake gangster persona the industry wants to foist on him.

Temple Hill, State Street and Thomas produce on the ascent. The film is based on the later novel by Angie Thomas. the hate you givewhich was made into a movie by 20th Century Fox.

Lathan, who is also known for papers Leaf, Wood, The Godfather, The Case s transmissible, A director runs in the family as his father is Stan Lathan, a prolific television director.

Toronto returns in September for the 47th edition, which will be in person, with Hollywood stars on red carpets and in theaters after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. TIFF previously announced that Netflix’s sequel to Rian Johnson’s 2019 film knives outWith Daniel Craig and Clement Virgo brother It will have its world premiere at the festival in September.