Female First has reported that Grammy Award-winning musician, Rihanna, is to appear alongside Oscar-nominated actress Lupita Nyong'o in a film based on a tweet. The new Netflix film, stems from a photograph of them two of them sat side-by-side at a Miu Miu fashion show in 2014 that was used as a joke movie pitch on Twitter. The original tweet read: " Rihanna looks like she scams rich white men and lupita is the computer smart best friend that helps plan the scans." Both stars subsequently expressed their interest in the idea, and acclaimed director Ava DuVernay and writer Issa Rae soon threw their support behind the project. The idea was pitched to various studios at this year's Cannes Film Festival and Netflix came out on top in the bidding process.
