Issa Rae & La La Anthony To Produce Horror Comedy ‘Juju’ With Angelica Nwandu Writing Script & Thembi Banks Directing

Deadline is reporting that Issa Rae and La La Anthony are executive producing the upcoming horror comedy ‘Juju’ for Universal Pictures. It will be based on an original concept by Angelica Nwandu, founder of Instagram-based info hub The Shade Room and a Sundance fellow, who will write the script.

Juju will be the studio feature directorial debut for Thembi Banks, who has been a director on Rae’s Insecure, Frankie Shaw’s SMILF and a Sundance alum herself.

Longtime Rae partner Deniese Davis will also produce Juju, with HooRae’s SVP Development Sara Rastogi overseeing for the busy banner. Universal’s Senior EVP Production Erik Baiers will be the studio’s point person on the genre hybrid project.