Friday, March 29, 2024

James Franco to Direct ‘Zola Tells All’ Based on Stripper Twitter Saga

Franco, Zola*You will recall last year when stripper Azia “Zola” Wells shared her wild road trip saga on Twitter about a white hoe she met at Hooters, murder and violent pimps.

The story captivated social media, literary agents, and Hollywood, including Ava DuVernay who responded to Zola with praise and expressed her interest in directing the project.

We have doubt that Ava’s vision of Zola’s tale would have been visually arresting but we’ll never know because actor James Franco will helm the film instead.

Franco’s vision will be based on David Kushner’s story for Rolling Stone, published in November and titled “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted.” Franco will direct from a script by Andrew Neel and Mike Roberts. He and Vince Jolivette are producing through their Rabbit Bandini Productions with Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa, and Gigi Films’ Gia Walsh and Kara Baker, Deadline notes.

Kushner’s story is an exclusive account of Wells’ 148-tweet about her road trip to Florida with her friend Jessica, Jessica’s boyfriend Jarrett, and Jessica’s violent Nigerian pimp “Z.”

“It reads like ‘Spring Breakers’ meets ‘Pulp Fiction,’ as told by Nicki Minaj,” Kushner observed.

Take note that it’s all white writers behind this black woman’s story, but let’s not call Jada Pinkett-Smith to make a boycott video about it just yet. After all, who else was going to take Zola’s compelling story from Twitter to the big screen? Here’s a clue: certainly not black Hollywood.

In case you need a refresher, below is a portion of Zola’s road trip from hell:

“So we vibing over our hoeism or whatever. & we exchange numbers!!

Now I’m skeptical like DAMN bitch we just met and we already taking hoe trips together????

So I had to f*ck him calm, & then I left.

I said ‘jess, u sellin p*ss for $100???? P*ssy is worth thousands. U trippin.”

I said ‘jarrett calm down. Please’ this white n*gga starts PUNCHING HIMSELF!!!! Like crazy people do dawg!! I was like OH HELLLL NAWLLL

Kushner traveled to Detroit to meet with Wells to get the truth about her story. He also chatted with Jessica, who told him that despite Zola’s claims, she never sold her body for sex, but that he should check Zola’s receipts because she’s a suspect hoe on the low. Zola admitted to embellishing some of the more sensational details for entertainment value, including Jarrett’s suicide attempt and Z shooting the pimp, but she denies Jessica’s allegation that she sold sex for money on the trip.

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