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  • DeWanda Wise joins Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman

    By Express News Service

    DeWanda Wise, who was last seen alongside Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Dominion, has signed her next. She will be playing an important role in Chris Pine’s Poolman, which already has Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a part of the cast.

    He also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Ian Gotler (Doula, My Heroes Were Cowboys). They have worked with each other in the past in two 2014 sketch shorts titled Vampire Lawyer and Pa-gents.

    Poolman is said to be a fun-filled comedy based on a pool maintenance man named Darren Barrenman (Pine) who, one day, discovers a major crime related to water. 

  • DeWanda Wise onboard Three Women cast

    By Express News Service
    Actor DeWanda Wise, best known for starring in Spike Lee’s Netflix comedy-drama series She’s Gotta Have It, has joined the cast of Three Women, a series fronted by Shailene Woodley. The series is reportedly an adaptation of Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction book by the same name.

    The show tells the story of three American women from different generations who suffer backlash for their sexual desires as well as their public and private pursuits of sexual independence and justice.

    According to Variety, Wise will be essaying the role of Sloane, a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast, who has a committed open marriage. Taddeo will adapt her book to screen and serve as an executive producer on the show, while Laura Eason, Kathy Ciric, and Emmy Rossum are currently attached to serve as showrunners. Meanwhile, Wise was recently seen in the Kevin Heart-led family film, Fatherhood, and also has Jurassic World: Dominion in her pipeline.