Tanya Lopez, executive vice president of scripted content for Lifetime and LMN, added: “Mary is one of those phenomenal talents that can do it all, and we are so thrilled to be able to partner with her again on this new opportunity to bring her music to life in the form of a movie that we know audiences will love. I am grateful to Lifetime for their partnership in the story of ‘Real Love. My passions for acting and music now include developing diverse stories with music as the backdrop. Blige secured herself the title of Queen of Hip-Hop Soul when she delivered the R&B classic.The album, which celebrated its 25th. “It’s exciting to now use this song and my music to create a new story by way of film, continuing to build on a pillar of the foundation of my production company, Blue Butterfly. With her 1994 breakthrough sophomore album My Life, Mary J. “I wrote ‘Real Love’ based on my real life experiences and my fans connected to it in a deeply personal way,” Blige said in a statement Wednesday. Betty Shabazz in her first movie role in the Lifetime civil rights biopic “Betty & Coretta,” with Angela Bassett.
Previously, Blige executive produced Lifetime’s top-rated original movie of 2020, “The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel,” alongside Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott.
The romantic drama will tell the story of a girl named Kendra who falls deeply for her film class partner Ben while pursuing her undergraduate career at a college in upstate New York. Blige, Ashaunna Ayars and Nicole Jackson executive produce for Blue Butterfly and Jordan and John Davis executive produce for Davis Entertainment, with Sony Pictures Television distributing the movie. Blige has teamed up with Lifetime to executive produce a movie inspired by one of her most popular songs. Lifetime’s “Real Love” will be written by Sonja Warfield and Rachel Ingram.
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