Lionsgate and Harpo Films announced earlier today they are developing a film titled, Will You Be My Black Friend?, which will star comedian Chris Rock.
The project is based on a magazine article of the same name written by GQ senior correspondent Devin Friedman. Published in the magazine's November 2008 issue, the article, Will You Be My Black Friend? chronicles Friedman's unorthodox and admittedly self-conscious quest to make black friends.
The producers of the film are Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte, president of Harpo Films, and Carla Gardini, senior vice president of production at Harpo Films.
Lionsgate will distribute.
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