(44) James Franco to direct Twitter tale of stripper Zola's sordid road trip

Link: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/05/james-franco-direct-twitter-thestory-aziah-zola-wells-rolling-stone-stripper-swiatkowski-pimp-hoeism

Summary:

James Franco has signed up to direct a potentially controversial true-life drama based on a wild and unsavoury stripper road trip to Florida that went viral on Twitter. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Franco’s film will be based on the Rolling Stone article Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted, which was published in November. The drama is based on viral tweets by Aziah ‘Zola’ Wells – which won praise from Ava DuVernay and Missy Elliott – about her brush with a violent pimp.

Key data/statistical information:

• The piece related the story of stripper Aziah “Zola” Wells’ 148-tweet splurge
• Wells’s Twitter rant, which later went viral under the hashtag #thestory, also recounts an episode in which a rival pimp supposedly attempted to kidnap Swiatkowski
• Wells, who has more than 95,000 followers on Twitter, has revelled in her new-found fame and is said to be planning “Hoeism” merchandise

What's my view?

This definitely shows the power that Twitter has along with celebrities. They can bring awareness to any subject of their choice as long as they have people supporting them just as the two step flow theory suggests. Due to the hashtags and tweets found on twitter, it has now brought conversation whether they will make it into a movie.