LITTLE (2019) Director & Cast
Tina Gordon, Regina Hall, Marsai Martin, and Tone Bell
TINA GORDON (Screenplay by/Directed by), REGINA HALL (Jordan Sanders/Executive Producer), MARSAI MARTIN (Little Jordan Sanders/Executive Producer), TONE BELL (Preston)
TINA GORDON (Screenplay by/Directed by) started writing as a college student at the University of Virginia. Her writing career took off when she interned in the writing department for The Cosby Show. Tina penned the acclaimed hit Drumline (Fox 2000). She went on to write ATL for Warner Bros. in 2006 and Peeples (2013), which marked her directorial debut. Up next, she wrote What Men Want for Paramount (February 2019).
Gordon splits her time between Los Angeles and her farm in Virginia.
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REGINA HALL (Jordan Sanders/Executive Producer) began her acting career in the late 1990s while simultaneously earning a master's degree from New York University. With numerous film and television credits to her name, Hall has emerged as one of Hollywood's most sought-after actresses. Hall recently broke records when she was named the first African-American woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for her role in Support the Girls.
Hall's most recent project is the Showtime series Black Monday opposite Don Cheadle. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will direct and executive produce the series with creators David Caspe and Jordan Cahan serving as executive producers and showrunners. Hall serves as producer of the show that takes place in the late 1980s before the stock market crash. The series premiered in January 2019.
Up next, Hall will be seen in the Warner Bros. film Shaft opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher and Alexandra Shipp. The film is set to release June 14, 2019.
Last year, Hall starred in the independent film Support the Girls for Magnolia Pictures. Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski, the film received rave reviews. For her leading role, Hall was nominated in the Best Actress category by The Gotham Independent Film Awards and Best Female Lead category by the Independent Spirit Awards.
Hall was also seen staring in the Fox 2000 film, The Hate U Give with Amandla Stenberg, Russel Hornsby, Issa Rae and KJ Apa. This timely drama follows a teenage girl who witnesses a white police officer shooting her best friend and is based on the novel by Angela Thomas. The film premiered at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival and has been praised by critics and fans alike.
In July 2017, she was seen on the big screen in Girls Trip alongside Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah and Tiffany Haddish. Directed by Malcom D. Lee, the film was released by Universal and went on to make over $140 million worldwide and was one of the biggest and most talked about films in summer 2017.
Past films include When the Bough Breaks with Morris Chestnut; Barbershop: The Next Cut with Ice Cube, Common and Nicki Minaj; the comedy The Best Man Holiday, the sequel to the hilarious The Best Man; Think Like a Man Too, a sequel to Screen Gems' Think Like a Man; About Last Night, opposite Kevin Hart; Law Abiding Citizen; and Scary Movie as well as its three sequels. Hall also had supporting roles in Love and Basketball and Disappearing Acts.
On television, Hall appeared in guest roles on FOX's Grandfathered, HBO's Insecure and ABC's Black-ish. In January 2015, she starred in the Lifetime film With This Ring. Other past television roles include a guest starring role on the FX series Married, as well as the role of Deputy D.A. Evelyn Price on Law & Order: LA and Corretta Lipp on Ally McBeal.
A native of Washington, D.C., Hall currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Rising star MARSAI MARTIN (Little Jordan Sanders/Executive Producer), at just 14 years old, is already on course to be a whirlwind sensation. At the age of five, she landed her first national commercial and shortly after relocating to Los Angeles, she was cast as Diane Johnson on the ABC Emmy-nominated hit comedy Black-ish. Alongside an all-star cast, the young starlet has stolen the hearts of viewers who tune in every week to see her hilarious and witty antics on the show. Her work on the show has earned her seven NAACP Image Awards as well as two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. As the star and executive producer of Little, she has become a part of Hollywood history as the youngest person to executive produce a major Hollywood film. With opportunities presenting themselves daily, Martin is excited about uplifting diverse and young voices through her production company Genius Productions, which recently signed an overall deal with Universal. In addition to acting, she loves producing, singing, dancing and creating her content for social media.
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TONE BELL (Preston) can be seen starring opposite Nina Dobrev in CBS's new prime-time comedy Fam. The show focuses on what happens when a woman's dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé and his family are dashed after her younger, train-wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their father. The show was created by Corinne Kingsbury and produced by Aaron Kaplan.
An accomplished stand-up comedian who tours regularly nationwide, Bell recently shot his one-hour comedy special Tone Bell: Can't Cancel This, available on Showtime. His half-hour comedy special can currently be seen on Comedy Central. Bell starred opposite Kathy Bates on Netflix's original comedy series Disjointed. Previously, Bell starred on the half-hour comedy series Truth Be Told, Bad Judge and Whitney for NBC.
Additionally, Bell starred opposite Vanessa Hudgens, Rob Corddry and Adam Pally in LD Entertainment's feature film Dog Days. Bell played the role of former-NFL-player-turned-TV-host Jimmy who is looking for more in his life and relying on his furry friend for support.
Bell is originally from Atlanta and currently resides in Los Angeles.
