With the right cast, this could be really spectacular.

Those were my first thoughts upon hearing this news. From what I can remember from 1996’s Set It Off was the story was good and it was a more than solid movie all around.

I’m very interested and excited about all these new projects this generation of Hollywood stars are developing. Almost every new star from the past 5 years has their own production company and they’re picking up new scripts to tell some interesting new stories or they’re creatively re-imagining an older movie.

“Insecure” star and co-creator Issa Rae is in early development on a re-imagining of New Line’s crime thriller “Set It Off,” which starred Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica Fox and Kimberly Elise.

Rae will produce with plans to star in the project. Syreeta Singleton and Nina Gloster have been hired to pen the script. Montrel McKay (Issa Rae Productions) will produce alongside Rae.

“Set It Off,” directed by F. Gary Gray, was a solid performer at the box office with a $41 million gross on a $9 million budget for a story about four close friends who pull off a series of successful bank robberies in Los Angeles, thanks to the inside knowledge provide by Fox’s bank teller character. “Set It Off” helped propel the careers of all four lead actresses and Gray.

Source: Variety