{"id":1385,"date":"2026-01-15T06:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2026-01-15T06:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:08:58","slug":"issa-rae-secures-major-first-look-film-and-tv-deal-with-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/issa-rae-secures-major-first-look-film-and-tv-deal-with-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"Issa Rae Secures Major First-Look Film and TV Deal With Paramount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Issa Rae<\/strong> is adding another major win to her already stacked r\u00e9sum\u00e9. The nine-time Emmy nominee has officially signed a three year first-look film and television production deal with Paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Per the pact, Rae will develop new projects in collaboration with Paramount\u2019s film and TV leadership, continuing her mission to tell bold, culturally resonant stories.<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaking with <strong>Deadline<\/strong>, the <strong>\u2018Insecure\u2019<\/strong>creator expressed excitement about the move, saying:<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m so looking forward to starting this next chapter with the incredible team at Paramount to tell stories for and by the diverse communities that have supported my work over the years.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>From launching Hoorae to producing acclaimed series and landing roles in major box office hits, Rae\u2019s momentum shows no signs of slowing. With Paramount now in the mix, she is placed alongside other top-tier talent recently aligned with the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issa Rae is adding another major win to her already stacked r\u00e9sum\u00e9. The nine-time Emmy nominee has officially signed a three year first-look film and television production deal with Paramount. Per the pact, Rae will develop new projects in collaboration with Paramount\u2019s film and TV leadership, continuing her mission to tell bold, culturally resonant stories. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[160],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","author-urbanafrica"],"authors":[{"term_id":160,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"urbanafrica","display_name":"URBANAFRICA","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}