Listen to him, he has lot to say about walking from Music to movies.
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| “When I get back into acting, I want to do things that make people go, ‘Wow, I didn’t expect that,’” says Drake. |
Drake covers The Hollywood Reporter’s #THRNextGen Issue 2017
Drake is eager to talk about his ambitious push into film and TV, which
includes teaming with Netflix to revive the critically acclaimed but
short-lived British crime series Top Boy (think an across-the-pond version of The Wire).
Drake and Future along with James' SpringHill Entertainment will
executive produce the series, which will go into production early next
year for a 2019 debut. The pair also is shopping the Sean Menard-helmed Carter Effect,
which also may land at Netflix. But the biggest indicator of Drake's
big Hollywood push is whom he is partnering with next: Steve Golin, who
runs Anonymous Content (one of Hollywood's hottest production houses and
home of Spotlight and Mr. Robot), for an untitled TV
series; film studio A24; and, perhaps most significantly, Apple, which
has given him the go-ahead to produce whatever he chooses — at least,
according to Drake and Future — just as the cash-flush titan is poised
to shake up the content space.
If some of the details seem vague, chalk it up to the fact that
everything Drake touches becomes a news story or internet meme, with
lengthy trademark battles ensuing. He once popularized the term "YOLO,"
the acronym for "you only live once," on "The Motto," a bonus track from
his 2011 album, Take Care. The term wound up on unauthorized
clothing and merchandise and became a legal headache. That's why he and
Future won't even divulge the name of their new company yet. Ditto for
the specifics on their film and TV projects. Everything needs to be
locked down first, including the rights to a magazine story that will
serve as the basis of the Golin collaboration.
But there's one thing Drake is eager to discuss in depth: Harry Potter.
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