December 29, 2024

Queen Latifah prepping new travel series featuring female comedians

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In this Monday, July 11, 2016, file photo, Queen Latifah arrives at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. The Oscar-nominated actress is set to receive the Entertainment Icon award at American Black Film Festival Honors, to be held in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)

Queen Latifah is prepping a new project that sounds pretty good to us.

According to Variety, she has teamed up with Electus to create a travel docuseries that will feature female comedians traveling with their famous friends. As of now, the title for the series is Friends In Strange Places. 

“There are so many funny, brilliant women in this industry, and – with plenty of successful male-driven travel series out there – a comedic docu-series about sisterhood and adventure is just the type of uncharted territory we want to plant our flag in,” Latifah said. “I’m so excited to develop a show that not only elevates and highlights female comedians, but also brings them together for an amazing time that will also be a trip for viewers.”

“This creative provides a hilarious, unique and personal look at the power of female friendships, and we can’t imagine a more ideal partner, and consummate dynamo, than Queen Latifah and her incredible team at Flavor Unit,” Grant and Buckley said. “We’re excited to take out to the marketplace a project that brings such a fresh perspective.”

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Queen Latifah will executive produce the series under her Flavor Unit Entertainment brand along with Chris Grant and Drew Buckley for Electus. Allison Mandell Hudson, Randi Michel, and Shakim Compere also executive producing the series.

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“This creative provides a hilarious, unique and personal look at the power of female friendships, and we can’t imagine a more ideal partner, and consummate dynamo, than Queen Latifah and her incredible team at Flavor Unit,” Grant and Buckley told Variety. “We’re excited to take out to the marketplace a project that brings such a fresh perspective.”

We can’t wait to see if Latifah’s Girl’s Trip costar, Tiffany Haddish takes us on an adventure for the series.

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