EXCLUSIVE: Deborah Gregory, the writer of the Cheetah Women guide collection, and Cheryl Hill, the producer of the Disney trilogy, shared {that a} new movie is within the works on the twenty fifth Annual African American Girls in Cinema (AAWIC) Movie Pageant on Might 15.
A brand new Cheetah Women movie may be coming soon.
The exciting possibility was shared by Cheryl Hill, the producer of Disney’s The Cheetah Women trilogy, and Deborah Gregory, the writer of the best-selling series of the identical title. Each ladies have been in attendance on the opening evening of the twenty fifth Annual African American Girls in Cinema (AAWIC) Movie Pageant on Might 15. Cheryl was one of many honorees of the evening, particularly a Pioneer Honoree. Deborah was there to help the movie producer as a buddy.
Raven-Symoné, who performed Galleria and executive-produced the primary two Cheetah Women movies, spoke to Entertainment Tonight, the place she teased a possible fourth movie in February 2024. She stated she’s “very blessed to be a component” of the Cheetah Women in addition to what it has represented and “can’t wait to see what the long run holds with that.”
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Cheryl and Deborah appeared to verify there’s one thing sooner or later as they advised The Mirror US {that a} fourth movie is within the works. Cheryl first gushed how she loves when ladies who’ve grown up watching the movies come as much as her about her involvement with The Cheetah Women, “It is simply wonderful how folks acquired it.”
“I really feel proud. I find it irresistible. I knew from the start, when my buddy Deborah gave me her books, that it was going to be nice, and it ended up being an important factor. And so they’re speaking about doing one other model, and we’ll see.”
Cheryl went on to say she’s undecided if she’ll concerned this time round with how a lot time had gone on and “the authorized stuff” however she stated she would like to be. She shared that Deborah is her favourite Cheetah Woman and he or she does not have favourite among the many three movies which she loves.
Deborah additional confirmed and specified that the fourth movie is “in growth” and defined in growth is a “course of.” The writer stated, “It goes from degree to degree to degree, however meaning the studio has okayed [it].”
Deborah famous that whereas it’s in growth, there’s a factor known as growth hell the place “it doesn’t suggest [the project] goes to occur on the finish. It might collapse at any level. And that is the truth of what you might be coping with, however it’s in growth lastly,” she elaborated.
Deborah shared that her favourite Cheetah Women film was the primary due to Toto, who was performed by her real-life canine. She revealed she had a scene within the second film that didn’t make it the place Galleria checks in with Toto again house in NYC, as she misses him, and Toto can be seen “within the magnificence parlor with 50 poodles licking throughout him.”
Deborah stated she was “very upset” that Toto wasn’t within the sequel as a result of she felt he was “integral.” She additionally talked about his lack of being within the movie was as a result of they shot in Barcelona, and “you can’t deliver an animal” there.
However Deborah is grateful for the expertise of getting her books dropped at life. She stated it was a “huge” one as a result of “most issues by no means get made.” The author in contrast it to successful a crap shoot in Las Vegas. She additionally all the time had the thought for there to be motion pictures, however having it truly accomplished was a “miracle” and a “house run.”
Deborah elaborated that it was “past a house run” because the collection spans 25 books, three motion pictures, dolls, video video games, concert events, 85-city excursions, and extra. She loves seeing how international The Cheetah Women are and all the ladies, particularly women of shade, who relate to them, and it being part of their childhoods.
These days, Deborah has her personal Etsy store, Cheetahrama. She makes issues similar to jewellery and equipment.
The Cheetah Women debuted in August 2003, then adopted with two extra sequels in 2006 (The Cheetah Women 2) and 2008 (The Cheetah Women: One World). The primary movie advised the story of 4 teenagers in NYC who dream of touchdown a file deal for his or her music group, The Cheetah Women. The second and third movies respectively occurred internationally in Spain and India because the group continued their musical profession and goals.
The 4 women – Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua – have been portrayed by Raven Symoné, Adrienne Bailon Houghton, Sabrina Bryan, and Kiely Williams, respectively. Raven was not within the third movie. All through the previous few years, all 4 ladies have expressed in media interviews that they would come back and be down to reunite regardless of points with one another, particularly Kiely and Adrienne.
Whereas followers wait to see if the fourth movie will truly occur, Cheryl teased that her manufacturing firm is growing tasks for a similar demographic as The Cheetah Women. She is worked up to announce them within the subsequent few months and stated they’re “going to be even higher.”
Harlem Movie Firm is a movie and digital media studio that Cheryl co-founded with Jamal Joseph. According to its website, the studio’s mission is to “develop, purchase, produce, market, and distribute Black and Latinx impartial movies for the worldwide market.”
She defined that she was impressed to make her personal manufacturing firm as a result of “you get to some extent in your life the place you say, I management extra of what I need to develop and what I need to see on the display.” The Chapter & Verse producer has been within the movie enterprise for greater than 20 years, and he or she has labored from “Hollywood to Sundance to Motown to CBS to all of that.” Cheryl was additionally the primary Black feminine inventive govt at Disney.
Her a long time of labor have been honored on the AAWIC Movie Pageant, and Cheryl known as the consideration “surreal” as a result of most of these pioneer awards are “only a step earlier than the Life Achievement Award,” and he or she looks like she did when she first began out.
“Crucial factor, and the most effective factor about this, is I am being honored by my very own. I am being honored by African American ladies filmmakers. And that is superior, and makes me happy with myself,” she continued.
The twenty fifth Annual African American Girls in Cinema (AAWIC) Movie Pageant was from Might 15-17 at LaGuardia Group Faculty in New York Metropolis. The movie competition was based by Terra Renee in 1997, and it’s been an occasion to help and highlight the ladies filmmakers of all numerous backgrounds and their work. Together with Cheryl, one other Pioneer Honoree was mannequin/journalist Allison McGevna, and different honorees particularly for the Trailblazer award have been actress Skye P. Marshall and writer-producer Felicia D. Henderson.
