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Issa Rae Is Reportedly Producing A ‘Set It Off’ Remake!

<p>Roommates&comma; the news of remakes has become very common this year&comma; and it looks like Issa Rae is about to give us another one&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;news&sol;issa-rae-new-line-team-set-it-reimagining-1240145">Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a>&comma; Issa is set to produce a remake to one of our oldies but goodies&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Set It Off&&num;8217&semi;&period; She is also looking to snag a role in the film alongside some of your favorite celebrities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The original movie tells the story of four friends who come together in a desperate attempt to complete a series of bank robberies&period; After successfully completing the first few&comma; things go down hill&comma; and ultimately end in death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jada Pinkett Smith&comma; Queen Latifah&comma; and Vivica A&period; Fox were part of the original cast of the film&comma; playing three of the most influential roles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although the news may be exciting to some&comma; other fans of the movie are critical of what the film could become if it&&num;8217&semi;s remade&period; Some fans also question Issa&&num;8217&semi;s ability to create outside of her realm of comedy and humor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of the comments from fans read&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Keep Set It Off a 90s classic&comma; the remake won&&num;8217&semi;t hit the same&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Y&&num;8217&semi;all better speak up like y&&num;8217&semi;all spoke up for Power theme song&period; Leave it be Issa don&&num;8217&semi;t do it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I like Issa and all bu all I know is&&num;8230&semi; don&&num;8217&semi;t mess up my movie&period; Better yet&comma; leave it alone&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the criticism&comma; Issa&&num;8217&semi;s spin on the movie has the potential to recreate a sense of nostalgia we all feel when we hear &&num;8216&semi;Set It Off&&num;8217&semi;&period; The movie may be based on violence and money&comma; but it also speaks to the plight of black women and sisterhood&&num;8211&semi;topics that Issa Rae excels in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are y&&num;8217&semi;all going to be flooding the theaters to see the remake&comma; Roomies&quest; Let us know what you think in the comments&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"52668" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;issa-rae-is-reportedly-producing-a-set-it-off-remake&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 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