LL Cool J Signs Deal With Lions Gate

Lions Gate Films has signed a deal with LL Cool J, according to The Hollywood Reporter, to produce and star in a number of upcoming independent films. The collaboration is intended in large part to help the studio attract more African American female moviegoers. “LL has a huge following and is very credible with women,” says the president of Lions Gate production. Among the first projects on the agenda is an urban re-make of the 1980s thriller ‘Fatal Attraction.’ LL would play a man who stirs up trouble when he engages in an extramarital affair.