"Screen Gems has acquired "Sheneneh and Wanda," a vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence to star in a comic caper playing female characters they developed during their stand-up comedy days. Foxx will write the script, which he and Martin will produce through Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat production banners. The project originated as a parody of a movie trailer for a film called "Skank Robbers," which Foxx and Lawrence made for the BET Awards. The reaction was strong enough that the duo decided to turn the concept into a real film. In the comedy, Sheneneh and Wanda are modern-day independent women trying to make it on their own, one bank robbery at a time"
- Derrick
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Why Jamie, why? We were doing so well...
- EricaJoy
I'll admit, I would have found the fake trailer hilarious if I'd of known about it but a full feature? Why can't they both go on tour for a year, hone an incredible act film that and give that a theatrical release? That I'd go see!
- Joe Pierce
torn. part of me is HELL YES because i <3 these two characters. but eyeroll at the stereotyping that is sure to come. just don't call it "skank robbers."
- tiffany
Meh. Those characters had their time. Will they be funny 15+ years later?
- Admiral Anika
I'm thinking no, Anika. I watched the aforementioned BET trailer and it's as if Martin forgot who Sheneneh was. His characterization of her is completely off, and he comes off much more like a "black guy in a blond wig playing a chick" than that girl who lived across the hall from Martin on the show. Jamie Foxx is better, but do we really need this retread? /film school graduate
- Derrick