{"id":251177,"date":"2026-04-04T05:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251177\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T05:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:53:16","slug":"zendaya-says-she-has-wanted-to-work-with-sinners-director-ryan-coogler-for-years-im-from-oakland-too-english-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251177\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya says she has wanted to work with ‘Sinners’ director Ryan Coogler ‘for years’: ‘I’m from Oakland too’ | English Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zendaya Zendaya<\/a>\u2019s on top of the world right now, but she\u2019s already thinking about what comes next, and who she wants to work with. In a recent interview, she didn\u2019t hold back while expressing her wish regarding her career and professional ambitions. In the coming days, the \u2018Euphoria<\/a>\u2019 star wants to team up with Ryan Coogler<\/a>, the director behind Sinners, the Oscar-winning hit that everyone\u2019s still talking about.<\/p>\n

What did Zendaya say about working with Ryan Coogler?<\/p>\n

Even with her schedule jam-packed, she\u2019s got her eyes set on Coogler. Per the San Francisco Chronicle, they both share Oakland roots, and that connection clearly means something to her. She brought him up during a press stop for her new film, \u2018The Drama\u2019.When asked about directors she admires, she didn\u2019t hesitate: Coogler was top of her list. She talked about how \u2018Fruitvale Station\u2019 moved her, not just as a movie, but as someone from Oakland who remembers that story unfolding in real life.\u201cI would love to work with Ryan Coogler,\u201d she said on \u2018The Jennifer Hudson Show\u2019. \u201cFor years I\u2019ve felt this way, since \u2018Fruitvale Station,\u2019 because I thought that was such a beautiful and powerful film. But I\u2019m from Oakland too, and I remember when that happened.\u201dThis isn\u2019t just business for her; it\u2019s a personal milestone.<\/p>\n

Zendaya\u2019s 2026 slate<\/p>\n

Now, looking at Zendaya\u2019s calendar for 2026, she\u2019s busier than ever. She just released \u2018The Drama\u2019, starring alongside Robert Pattinson. The movie\u2019s all about raw, complicated relationships, and one can tell she\u2019s leaning into more emotionally challenging roles.There\u2019s still plenty more coming.She\u2019s back as MJ in \u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 this July. Then Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 drops the same month, which is her first time collaborating with Nolan, and of course, a big deal. By December, she\u2019s back as Chani in \u2018Dune: Part Three\u2019. Amidst this movie marathon, let\u2019s not forget \u2018Euphoria Season 3,’ which is coming out this April.All of this cements her as a major force in Hollywood: not just a blockbuster name, but someone chasing real artistic range and depth.<\/p>\n

Ryan Coogler\u2019s next: What\u2019s cooking?<\/p>\n

As for Ryan Coogler, \u2018Sinners\u2019, which dropped in 2025, is still making waves. The film, a wild mashup of horror, music, and history set in 1930s Mississippi, starred Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers taking on supernatural forces in the Jim Crow South. The film crushed it, both at the box office and during awards season. \u2018Sinners\u2019 pulled in a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, winning Best Actor for Jordan and Best Original Screenplay for Coogler. This incredible run indeed is a turning point for Black filmmakers in Hollywood.However, Coogler isn\u2019t slowing down after the success of \u2018Sinners\u2019. Per Deadline, he\u2019s already working on \u2018Black Panther 3\u2019, and he\u2019s reportedly attached to a new take on \u2018The X-Files\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zendaya\u2019s on top of the world right now, but she\u2019s already thinking about what comes next, and who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[34373,111659,9294,111514,1743,66759,143,145,144,111658,14952,25179,109422],"class_list":{"0":"post-251177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-black-panther-3","9":"tag-dune-part-three","10":"tag-euphoria","11":"tag-fruitvale-station","12":"tag-hollywood","13":"tag-michael-b-jordan","14":"tag-oakland","15":"tag-oakland-headlines","16":"tag-oakland-news","17":"tag-oscar-winning-film","18":"tag-ryan-coogler","19":"tag-sinners","20":"tag-zendaya"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}