EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has purchased Homecoming, a screenplay which made the 2021 Black List, in a competitive situation, and is setting it up as a film.The feature scripted by Murder Ink’s Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana and Jana Savage picks up with one of New York’s most eligible bachelors and his eccentric, globetrotting wingman 10 years after their graduation from Howard University, as they try to pull their recently divorced friend out of his rut.

They do so by taking him back to Howard for its legendary Homecoming, there experiencing the best weekend of their lives.Broussard, Obayuwana, and Savage will produce the adaptation with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman for Mandeville Pictures, and Mike Jackson and John Legend for Get Lifted.

Mandeville’s Alex Young will exec produce alongside Get Lifted’s Ty Stiklorius. Hoberman and Carly Kleinbart are overseeing the project for Mandeville, with Jackson and Mackenzie Marlowe for Get Lifted, and Aaron Edmonds and Scott O’Brien for Lionsgate.“Homecoming delivers one of the most entertaining screenplays we’ve read this year,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group’s President of Production, Erin Westerman. “We’re thrilled to be working with Murder Ink on Homecoming, and are excited to expand our relationship with our friends at Mandeville and Get Lifted.”The members of the Murder Ink team earned their name while rewriting 2016 romantic comedy, The Perfect Match.

Upon completing their work, an exec on the project called the trio to note that they had “killed the script,” and thus, their moniker was born.

Lionsgate Buys Black List Screenplay ‘Homecoming’ Penned By Murder Ink; Scribes To Produce Adaptation With Mandeville Pictures, Mike Jackson And John Legend’s Get Lifted

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