Mo’Nique, who settled a lawsuit against the streamer last month over a previously axed special, is set to film her first Netflix comedy special in Atlanta later this year.
The Oscar-nominated director overhauled his entire crew 20 days into filming “Precious.”
Daniels calls his Wolverine pitch meeting “the worst meeting of my life.”
Daniels’ florid style doesn’t always suit this hazy look at the greatest battle of Billie Holiday’s life, but Andra Day shines through.
Andra Day stars as the ill-fated songstress in the film coming soon to Hulu on February 26.
Daniels, who currently has a Billie Holiday biopic up for sale at Cannes, also said he couldn’t watch Ang Lee’s version for 15 years.
“I’m beyond embarrassed,” Daniels tells Vulture about the Smollett controversy.
He was arrested this week for filing a false police report.
“Jussie, you are my son,” Daniels said in an emotional video to the “Empire” actor, who was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack.
The director maintains “no one blackballed” Mo’Nique following her Oscar win for “Precious.”
Lee Daniels spoke off-the-cuff during his SXSW keynote address, touching on his controversial remarks about the Oscars and Donald Trump.
The actress would be portraying Shirley MacLaine’s hard-to-please character Aurora Greenway.
