--- description: Filming is slated to start next year on Southside With You title: Movie "Southside With You" Will Depict Obamas' First Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65703f0a56ad2a2a/69876d08e53aba0aa34d65b8/barack-michelle.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Get Ready for a Movie About the Obamas' First Date by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 2014 7:12 PM CUT  U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards dinner, September 27, 2014 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards dinner, September 27, 2014 in Washington, DC.Olivier Douliery—Pool/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 2014 7:12 PM CUT As President Obama enters the back half of his second term, it’s time to start thinking about a biopic. No, not the kind where he makes major decisions about world events. The kind where he goes on a first date with a pretty lawyer. Shooting will allegedly begin next year on _Southside With You_, a film depicting Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson’s first date, [Deadline Hollywood reports](http://deadline.com/2014/12/obama-movie-first-date-cast-1201309705/ "undefined"). The future president famously took Michelle to see _Do the Right Thing_ in Chicago on a summer afternoon in 1989\. They also visited a Baskin Robbins and shared their first kiss on the curb outside, where [a plaque ](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/obamas-first-kiss-marked-%5Fn%5F1789692.html "undefined")now celebrates that fateful smooch. Tika Sumpter, who appeared in the James Brown biopic _Get on Up,_ will play Michelle, while the role of Barack has not yet been cast. The movie has been described as a romantic drama, so expect it to be more _Before Sunrise_ and less _My Date With the President’s Daughter_. \[[_Deadline Hollywood_](http://deadline.com/2014/12/obama-movie-first-date-cast-1201309705/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3620689/obama-first-date-southside-with-you/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3620689/obama-first-date-southside-with-you/"},"headline":"Get Ready for a Movie About the Obamas' First Date","datePublished":"2014-12-05T19:12:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:37:15.942Z","description":"Filming is slated to start next year on Southside With You","url":"https://time.com/3620689/obama-first-date-southside-with-you/","keywords":["movies","Barack Obama","White House","Michelle Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65703f0a56ad2a2a/69876d08e53aba0aa34d65b8/barack-michelle.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65703f0a56ad2a2a/69876d08e53aba0aa34d65b8/barack-michelle.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama addresses Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Dinner- DC","caption":"President Obama addresses Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Dinner- DC","creditText":"Olivier Douliery—Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3620689/obama-first-date-southside-with-you/","name":"Get Ready for a Movie About the Obamas' First Date"}}]}] ```