Archive · 26 Oct 2025
Lena Waithe and Issa Rae Plan Friendship-Inspired Comedy
Lena Waithe and Issa Rae, who are friends, are working on a movie together.
The movie will be a comedy based on their real-life experience of their friendship changing.
Lena is writing the script, and they plan to play characters that are based on themselves.
The idea came from their real-life experiences and conversations.
The movie is still being developed, and they are excited to create a project based on their friendship.
The upcoming project will likely be a fun and relatable story about friendship and its challenges.
Lena Waithe is developing a movie with Issa Rae.
The movie is inspired by their friendship.
The film will be a buddy comedy.
Waithe is writing the script.
They plan to play themselves in the film.
- Who
- Lena Waithe and Issa Rae
- What
- Developing a comedy movie about their friendship breakup.
- When
- Recently revealed
- Where
- N/A
- Why
- To create a 'funny and silly' movie playing versions of themselves.
- Project Type
- Movie
- Starring
- Lena Waithe and Issa Rae
- Concept
- Buddy comedy based on their friendship breakup
- Status
- In development
- Writer
- Lena Waithe