{"id":14100,"date":"2015-12-09T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=14100"},"modified":"2015-12-09T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T16:11:21","slug":"queen-latifah-to-be-cast-in-new-lee-daniels-tv-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=14100","title":{"rendered":"Queen Latifah To Be Cast in New Lee Daniels TV Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/queen-latifah-show-promo-2014-billboard-650.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14101\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/queen-latifah-show-promo-2014-billboard-650.jpg?resize=250%2C251\" alt=\"queen-latifah-show-promo-2014-billboard-650\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/queen-latifah-show-promo-2014-billboard-650.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/queen-latifah-show-promo-2014-billboard-650.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Queen Latifah may have a new small-screen role in the works. <em>Deadline<\/em> reports that she has been cast in Lee Daniels&#8217;s untitled new Fox pilot, which will center on the story of a girl group trying to make it in Atlanta&#8217;s music scene.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Latifah will play Carlotta, the owner of a beauty salon (a setting she&#8217;s previously encountered through her work in the Barbershop franchise) who serves as the group&#8217;s reluctant mentor. <\/p>\n<p>Although the new pilot could easily spawn from Empire, the network has made it clear that this is not a spin-off. &#8220;The possibility of a crossover at some point exists but it&#8217;s definitely not what we&#8217;re planning right now,&#8221; said Fox chairman and CEO Dana Walden, &#8220;It&#8217;s a modern day music business in Atlanta, and Empire is modern day music business in New York. It&#8217;s not inconceivable that the two worlds could cross. But that&#8217;s definitely not Lee&#8217;s intention as we go into it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Latifah nabbed a role as the lead in HBO&#8217;s Bessie Smith biopic and then with the title role of NBC&#8217;s recent live production of The Wiz, <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Queen Latifah may have a new small-screen role in the works. 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