{"id":7756,"date":"2021-11-04T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=7756"},"modified":"2021-11-05T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T15:07:12","slug":"sorcerority-taraji-p-henson-gabrielle-union-and-effie-t-brown-to-produce-film-about-historically-black-university-of-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/sorcerority-taraji-p-henson-gabrielle-union-and-effie-t-brown-to-produce-film-about-historically-black-university-of-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sorcerority\u2019: Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, And Effie T. Brown To Produce Film About Historically Black University of Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-05-at-10.56.17-AM-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7757\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-05-at-10.56.17-AM-copy.png 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-05-at-10.56.17-AM-copy-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-05-at-10.56.17-AM-copy-768x408.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of &#8220;Sorcerority&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A 2018 graphic novel by Mikhail Sebastian and George Watson titled <\/strong><strong><em>Sorcerority <\/em><\/strong><strong>is being adapted into a film by Gabrielle Union\u2019s I\u2019ll Have Another Productions, Taraji P. Henson\u2019s TPH Entertainment, and Effie T. Brown\u2019s Gamechanger Films.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The official synopsis reads: <\/strong><strong><em>&#8220;Sorcerority chronicles a young African-American girl, Melanie, who, following in the footsteps of her late mother, enrolls into a historically African-American coven and university of magic. She soon discovers her enrollment into the school may not be entirely of her own choosing, but rather the calculated actions of a higher authority. In between her studies, she uncovers her familial connection to the school\u2019s mysterious past, as well as her pivotal role in its future.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI could not have imagined a better equipped or more inspiring dream team of female producing partners than Gabrielle and Taraji on a project about such powerful black women,&#8221; said Brown. &#8220;<em>Sorcerority<\/em>\u2019s depiction of black girl magic and sisterhood offers such a fresh and unexpected perspective, and we can\u2019t wait to bring Mikhail and George\u2019s beautiful graphic novel to life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"833\" data-src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Untitled-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7758 lazyload\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Untitled-2.png 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Untitled-2-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Untitled-2-768x800.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/833;\" \/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of &#8220;Sorcerority&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henson and Union have been eager to work together for years, and expressed their enthusiasm about the project.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cTaraji and I have been looking for a project to work on together for a few years now and I\u2019m excited to be partnering with her, TPH Productions and Gamechanger Films on this project. I\u2019m looking forward to bringing this graphic novel to the big screen,\u201d said Union.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cJoining incredible, likeminded women like Effie and Gabrielle on this exciting adaptation is a thrill for me and I cannot wait to begin this journey with them!\u201d added Henson.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The graphic novel<em> Sorcerority<\/em> is available to read online at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sorcerority.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>sorcerority.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2018 graphic novel by Mikhail Sebastian and George Watson titled Sorcerority is being adapted into a film by Gabrielle Union\u2019s I\u2019ll Have Another Productions, Taraji P. Henson\u2019s TPH Entertainment, and Effie T. Brown\u2019s Gamechanger Films.&nbsp; The official synopsis reads: &#8220;Sorcerority chronicles a young African-American girl, Melanie, who, following in the footsteps of her late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[31,944,1245,590],"class_list":["post-7756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-featured","tag-gabrielle-union","tag-sorcerority","tag-taraji-p-henson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}