Mo’Nique Lines Up a Netflix Special, Re-Teams with Her “Precious” Director

After a protracted and winding highway, Mo’Nique lastly has a Netflix particular on the way in which. In 2018, the comic and Oscar-winning actress known as out the streamer for gender and shade bias after they provided her $500,000 for a stand-up particular. One yr later, she filed a lawsuit accusing the corporate of a “blacklisting act of retaliation” after she publicly revealed their low-ball supply. The lawsuit was settled in June, although particulars of the settlement weren’t made public.

Netflix introduced the particular with the assistance of Mo’Nique herself. “Can y’all consider this shit?” she asks in a video posted to the streamer’s Twitter account.

Thrilled to announce that Netflix is the house for the following unique stand-up particular from the groundbreaking, trailblazing, and iconic Mo’Nique! pic.twitter.com/VzBJ1H92RH

— Netflix (@netflix) July 19, 2022

Along with the particular. Mo’Nique introduced that she’s re-teaming together with her “Valuable” director Lee Daniels on a Netflix pic, “The Deliverance.” The religion-based movie facilities round a haunted home.

Mo’Nique received an Oscar for her supporting efficiency in “Valuable.” Her different performing credit embrace “Bessie” and “The Parkers.”