LIONSGATE and Harpo Films, Inc. announced that they will partner to develop the film, Will You Be My Black Friend? starring comedian-actor Chris Rock. The project is based on a magazine article of the same name written by GQ senior correspondent Devin Friedman. Published in the magazine’s November 2008 edition, Will You Be My Black Friend? chronicles Friedman’s unorthodox and admittedly self-conscious quest to make “black friends.” The producers of Will You Be My Black Friend? are Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte, President of Harpo Films, and Carla Gardini, Senior Vice President, Production of Harpo Films. Lionsgate will distribute worldwide.
