EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Baker (All American: Homecoming) and Da’Vinchi (BMF) have been tapped to star in Hard Feelings, an indie romantic drama marking the primary function of writer-director Jo Hatcher.
Selected for the 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Intensive, in addition to Gotham Week 2022, the movie facilities on highschool senior Nami (Baker), who after being confronted with a vital choice, embarks on a journey together with her ex-boyfriend Zay (Da’Vinchi) to decide about her future.
Deniese Davis (Insecure) is producing for Reform Media Group, with Melora Rivera co-producing. Production kicks off in Atlanta in early February.
Prior to Hard Feelings, Baker was seen on The CW’s sports activities drama spin-off, All American: Homecoming.
Known for his function as Terry ‘Southwest T’ Flenory on Starz’s crime drama BMF, Da’Vinchi has additionally beforehand been seen on All American and Grown-ish, amongst different high-profile sequence. His most notable prior movie function got here as a part of The Way Back, the Ben Affleck-led basketball drama from Warner Bros.
Originally from Jacksonville, Florida and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hatcher is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts who participated within the aforementioned version of the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive.
A four-time Emmy nominee who based Reform Media Group in 2020 and serves as CEO, Davis’s credit embrace HBO’s acclaimed sequence Insecure and A Black Lady Sketch Show and the Max comedy Rap Sh!t. Additionally, she’s co-founder of ColorCreative, a administration firm devoted to supporting numerous creators.
Baker is repped by HRI Talent and Luber Roklin Entertainment; Da’Vinchi by Independent Artist Group, Pantheon Management Partners and legal professional Samantha Wainaina; Hatcher by UTA and Knol Hanly P.C.; and Davis by CAA and Gang, Tyre, Ramer.