Exclusive: The Blackening cast interviews
Now playing in theaters is the horror-comedy “The Blackening,” from director Tim Story featuring an all-star ensemble cast. Tracy Oliver (“Girls Trip,” “First Wives Club”) wrote the feature film adaptation alongside Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine Nine”). The film will hit theaters on June 16.
“The Blackening” stars Dewayne Perkins, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, Jay Pharoah, Yvonne Orji, Antoinette Robertson, X Mayo, and Sinqua Walls.
Based on the 2018 Comedy Central digital short written by Perkins, “The Blackening” centers around seven Black friends who go away for the weekend only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. The feature expands on the original short’s basic premise: “The Black cast member is always the first to die in a horror movie, but what happens when everyone is Black?”
In addition to directing the film, Story also produced the film via his The Story Company banner alongside Oliver’s Tracy Yvonne Productions and E. Brian Dobbins of Artists First. Jason Clark and Marcei Brown will also produce for Catchlight Studios.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to director Tim Story, producer Tracy Oliver, Dewayne Perkins, X May, Jermaine Fowler, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Grace Byers, Jay Pharoah, and Melvin Gregg about The Blackening
