--- title: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o Co-Sign Movie Twitter Made Up description: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o are on board for a movie concept starring the two of them that went viral on Twitter over the weekend. canonical: https://time.com/4752456/rihanna-lupita-nyongo-movie/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-24T15:12:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:04.205Z og:title: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o Are Into the Internet's Movie Idea og:description: What dreams are made of og:url: https://time.com/4752456/rihanna-lupita-nyongo-movie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o Are Into the Internet's Movie Idea twitter:description: What dreams are made of twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o Are On Board For This Movie That The Internet Made Up > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=a9efe321-49ab-434b-b679-1f3480ecea18&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 24, 2017 3:12 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 24, 2017 3:12 PM UTC While Twitter has blessed us with everything from [the mannequin challenge](http://time.com/4566455/black-lives-matter-mannequin-challenge/) to [the intrepid tale of a brave Times Square Olive Garden manager](http://time.com/4748294/olive-garden-twitter/), the social media platform might have peaked when one user came up with the concept for the movie of our dreams starring [Lupita Nyong’o](http://time.com/4556483/lupita-nyongo-lip-sync-battle-whatta-man/) and [Rihanna](http://time.com/4746220/rihanna-fenty-puma-video/) that earned not only a co-sign from the actress and singer, but also from entertainment notables such as [Issa Rae](http://time.com/collection-post/4574019/american-voices-issa-rae/) and [Ava DuVernay](http://time.com/4662871/ava-duvernay-13th-documentary-interview/). It all began when Twitter user @blaquepink posted a photo of Lupita and Ri Ri sitting next to each other at the Miu Miu runway show during Paris Fashion Week in 2014. > [](https://twitter.com/blaquepink/status/854420031479971846) Then, Twitter user @1800SADGAL posited the idea for the film that we all need, starring Rihanna and Lupita, in a tweet that’s now gone viral. > [](https://twitter.com/1800SADGAL/status/854422228024406016) It inspired fan art. > [](https://twitter.com/biselinakyle/status/855255734384300032) And approval from both Lupita and Rihanna. > [](https://twitter.com/Lupita%5FNyongo/status/855254458359586816) > [](https://twitter.com/rihanna/status/856283883498819584) > [](https://twitter.com/Lupita%5FNyongo/status/856299868230438912) As if that wasn’t approval enough, everyone from Issa Rae to Ava DuVernay offered their support to the imaginary project. > [](https://twitter.com/IssaRae/status/854715438478970880) > [](https://twitter.com/helenestabrook/status/855474368117219328) > [](https://twitter.com/rihanna/status/856293810799874048) > [](https://twitter.com/ava/status/856318715968634881) Does this mean that this dream of a project could actually be a reality? 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