{"id":14858,"date":"2016-03-04T17:54:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2016-03-04T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T17:54:55","slug":"jay-z-will-smith-collaborating-with-hbo-for-emmett-till-miniseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/04\/jay-z-will-smith-collaborating-with-hbo-for-emmett-till-miniseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Z, Will Smith, Collaborating with HBO for Emmett Till Miniseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>The tragic murder of Emmett Till, the young African-American boy who was accused of openly flirting with a white woman has remained one of the most starkly brutal racially-charged crime of our time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14859\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"(EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE; PREMIUM RATES APPLY) in the audience at the 64th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 13, 2010 in New York City.\" width=\"561\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith.jpg 561w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith-300x321.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Till, who was only 14 at the time, allegedly made a pass at 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, a grocery store owner who happened to be white. The story goes that once Bryant\u2019s husband Roy heard about the incident, he and his half-brother, J.W. Milam headed over to the house of the teen\u2019s great uncle and forced him away. Once Till was in their custody, the two men proceeded to attack the teen, and based on injuries he sustained \u2013 it was confirmed that one of his eyes were gouged out and he was shot in the head. Afterwards, his body was thrown in the Tallahatchie River.<br \/>\nTill\u2019s condition when found was so jarring that his family insisted on an open casket at his funeral for the purpose of exposing how he was callously murdered.<br \/>\nJay-Z and Will Smith were pitched the idea for a miniseries about Till\u2019s life by Aaron Kaplan, the CEO of Kapital Entertainment the two superstars immediately expressed interest which isn\u2019t surprising considering the draw of being able to breathe life into story that still resonates with the present climate of racial discourse.<br \/>\nHBO will serve as the platform for the six-hour offering, and Smith\u2019s Overbrook Entertainment and Jay-Z\u2019s Roc Nation will help bring the untitled project to fruition.<br \/>\nNo writer has been attached yet which means this could take some time to develop but this definitely one to keep a close watch on.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tragic murder of Emmett Till, the young African-American boy who was accused of openly flirting with a white woman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38,6],"tags":[2784,34,232,2786,2785,1872],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jay Z, Will Smith, Collaborating with HBO for Emmett Till Miniseries - MyTrendyBuzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jay Z and Will Smith team up with HBO for miniseries about Emmet Till\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/04\/jay-z-will-smith-collaborating-with-hbo-for-emmett-till-miniseries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jay Z, Will Smith, Collaborating with HBO for Emmett Till Miniseries - MyTrendyBuzz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jay Z and Will Smith team up with HBO for miniseries about Emmet Till\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/04\/jay-z-will-smith-collaborating-with-hbo-for-emmett-till-miniseries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MyTrendyBuzz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-04T17:54:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-04T17:54:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"MyTrendyBuzz\",\"description\":\"Your destination For All Things TRENDY\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/04\/jay-z-will-smith-collaborating-with-hbo-for-emmett-till-miniseries\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jay-Z-Will-Smith.jpg\",\"width\":561,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"(EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE; 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