" 'On the Come Up' Review: Sanaa Lathan's Cool and Confident Directorial Debut". On November 8, 2021, Method Man, Mike Epps, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph were cast in the film. On June 10, 2021, it was announced that Sanaa Lathan would make her directorial debut with the film, replacing Kahiu. On October 19, 2020, Wanuri Kahiu replaced Tillman Jr. On December 11, 2019, after Disney 's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and closing of Fox 2000, Paramount Players acquired the film adaptation with Kay Oyegun hired to write the script and Tillman Jr. The film's producers include Thomas and Tillman, alongside Robert Teitel, Jay Marcus from State Street Pictures, and Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner and John Fischer of Temple Hill Entertainment. On February 4, 2019, Fox 2000 Pictures acquired the rights to adapt Angie Thomas's 2019 novel On the Come Up, with George Tillman Jr. The film follows 16-year-old Bri Jackson as she sets out to become a rap star. The film received positive reviews from critics. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and was released both in limited theaters and on Paramount+ on September 23, 2022. On the Come Up is produced by Paramount Players, Temple Hill Entertainment and State Street Pictures. Gray, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Lil Yachty, Lathan, and Method Man. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Angie Thomas, it stars Jamila C. On the Come Up is a 2022 American musical drama film directed by Sanaa Lathan in her feature directorial debut.
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