According to Deadline, Blige will produce the film alongside Lifetime under her Blue Butterfly production company.
Sonja Warfield and Rachel Ingram’s coming-of-age romantic drama will accompany a young woman who is attending college for the first time in Upstate Ny and manages to find herself juggling her studies and having a relationship with one of her classmates.
However, with disapproving parents, financial woes, and important coursework deadlines, the young couple quickly discovers the true meaning of true love.
“I wrote “Real Love” based on my real-life experiences and my fans connected to it in a deeply personal way,” said Blige in a press release. “It’s exciting to now use this song and my music to create a new story by way of film, continuing to build on a pillar of the foundation of my production company, Blue Butterfly. My passions for acting and music now include developing diverse stories with music as the backdrop. I am grateful to Lifetime for their partnership in the story of Real Love.“
This is not the first time the award-winning entertainer has collaborated with the network; most recently, in 2021, she executive produced Mary J. Blige’s My Life.
In 2020, she executive produced The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel for Lifetime alongside Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott, who also served as Executive Producers. In 2013, Blige co-starred with Angela Bassett in the Lifetime civil rights movie adaptation Betty & Coretta as Dr. Betty Shabazz.
Real Love has not yet been given a release date.
