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Robert Townsend to Direct "Lil Homiez"
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Mar 18, 2008, 07:35

Robert Townsend is closing the deal to direct the family adventure film "Lil Homiez," written by Dallas Jackson and Townsend, and based on a short film by Jackson.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Overture Films project is a hip-hop version of "The Little Rascals meets The Rugrats," and recounts the adventures of five multiethnic kids as they try to save their neighborhood from being taken over by an evil land developer.

He's in post-production on "Phantom Punch," the story of Sonny Liston, starring Ving Rhames, and a documentary called "Why We Laugh: Black Comedians On Black Comedy."  As an actor, Townsend next appears in "Of Boys and Men."