Being Mary Jane star Gabrielle Union is set to star in and produce the film Breaking In
Being Mary Jane star Gabrielle Union is set to star in and produce the film Breaking In, according to Deadline. The film will re-team Union with Being Mary Jane executive producer Will Packer. Breaking In will be directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and will begin production in July.
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Union is producing the feature with Packer, James Lopez, Craig Perry and Sheila Taylor from Practical Picture. The script comes to us from Ryan Engle, based on a pitch from Jaime Primak Sullivan, who will executive produce with Valerie Bleth Sharp and Jeff Morrone. Breaking In is the story of a woman who has to protect the ones she loves during a home invasion.
Union got her start in films like She’s All That, Bring It On and 10 Things I Hate About You. She’s known for her work in films like Deliver Us From Eva, Think Like a Man and Think Like a Man Too. She’s also been seen in Bad Boyz II, Neo Ned, Cadillac Records and Almost Christmas. She received critical acclaim for the recent film The Birth of a Nation, making statements about the controversy surrounding the project.
Union stars in the critically-acclaimed BET series Being Mary Jane, which began in 2013, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. Union is an Ambassador in Susan G. Komen for the Cure‘s Circle of Promise and is a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood. In addition to producing Breaking In, Union has executive produced the TV movie With This Ring, the series Being Mary Jane and the film Almost Christmas.
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