Netflix News ShirleyThe new biopic will drop on the service globally on March 22nd. Kasey Moore · @kasey__moore February 19th, 2024 - 10:55 am ET Copy to clipboard Comments Picture: NetflixPreviously expected to be released on Netflix in 2023, Shirley will arrive on Netflix globally in March 2024. Netflix is teaming up with Oscar-winner Regina King and John Ridley to tell the story of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black congresswoman in the United States and the first Black woman to run for president. Here’s everything you need to know.The movie is directed and written by John Ridley, whose directing credits include American Crime, Needle in a Timestack, Guerilla, Godfather of Harlem, and more. The film is created by Ridley End Regina King herself and her production company, Royal Ties Productions.Netflix first unveiled the project in December 2021. Jeff Skoll and Ted Gidlow are executive producers on the project, and Elizabeth Haggard, Anikah McLaren, Regina King, and John Ridley are al...
