Alanna Brown to Direct 'R&B' with an Ensemble Cast Led by Serayah, Tyler Lepley and Phylicia Rashad

Director: Alanna Brown (Trees of Peace)

Cast: Serayah (Empire, Kingdom Business), Tyler Lepley (Harlem, P-Valley), Phylicia Rashad (The Gilded Age, The Beekeeper), Walnette Santiago (Doom Patrol, BMF), Nijah Brenea (Kold x Windy, Rap Sh!t), James Lee Thomas (One Spoon of Chocolate, Bad Boys: Ride or Die), Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds, Jermaine Dupri (Genius: Aretha, Brown Sugar), Lecrae Moore

Writer: Michael Elliot (Brown Sugar) & Cory Tynan (Play’d)

Producers: DeVon Franklin and Tyler Perry

Executive Producers: Angi Bones, Tony L. Strickland, Bart Lipton

Logline: R&B is a modern-day retelling of the story of Ruth and Boaz, one of the most iconic love stories in the Bible. Set in Tennessee, R&B tells the story of a young woman who escapes the Atlanta music scene to care for an elderly widowed woman and in the process finds the love of her life and gains the mother she never had.  

This is the first film out of DeVon Franklin and Tyler Perry Studios’ creative partnership with Netflix to produce faith-based films.

Headshots available here.