{"id":353769,"date":"2025-12-17T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353769\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:08:10","slug":"netflix-to-turn-chicago-familys-viral-reunion-story-into-movie-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353769\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix to turn Chicago family\u2019s viral reunion story into movie \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The true story of a Chicago mother and son who reunited after decades apart is now being made into a Netflix movie starring big names. <\/p>\n<p>The new movie, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/tyler-perry-tis-so-sweet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tis So Sweet<\/a>,&#8221; will tell a story of family and forgiveness that may sound familiar to NBC Chicago viewers. <\/p>\n<p>NBC Chicago&#8217;s Regina Waldroup reported the story that inspired the movie in November, detailing how a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/south-shore-bakery-owner-reconnects-with-biological-son-in-sweet-reunion\/3596522\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bakery owner on Chicago&#8217;s South Shore reconnected with her biological son<\/a> in an unbelievable way. <\/p>\n<p>Vamarr Hunter fell in love with a bakery called Give Me Some Sugah, coming back routinely for its sweets and heartfelt talks with the shop&#8217;s owner, Lenore Lindsey. <\/p>\n<p>Hunter then set out to find his biological mother with assistance from a DNA test and a special genealogist. <\/p>\n<p>Then one day, he gets a call from his birth mother, who happens to be the owner of his favorite bakery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still a big wow,\u201d Lindsey said. \u201cThis is my son. This is my son.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey and Hunter say they began getting calls about turning their reunion story into a movie days after NBC Chicago&#8217;s coverage aired but they were holding out for a call from Tyler Perry.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning director, producer and actor came through with an offer: turning their story into a Netflix original drama. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it is like wow this is really happening,\u201d said Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>Oscar winner Taraji P. Henson will star in the movie as Lindsey and rapper and actor Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (Joey Bada$$) as Hunter. Angela Davis, Russel Hornsby and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor are also among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/tyler-perry-tis-so-sweet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stacked cast<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just finished shooting in Chicago, which was exciting. We were on the movie set,\u201d Lindsey said. \u201cWhen I saw her (Tarji) onset, I thought she really a phenomenal actress. Joey B captured V (Vamarr) perfectly. It sounds like it is going to be a great movie,&#8221; Lindsey said.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is still in production, continuing at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have decided that we are superstars,&#8221; Lindsey said.<\/p>\n<p>The hope is to have the movie out by Thanksgiving next year or Christmas. Plus, the family says a book inspired by their story is also in the works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The true story of a Chicago mother and son who reunited after decades apart is now being made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-353769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}