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Zola's Twitter Tale Come to Life, #TheStory Is Headed to Theaters

The sordid adventure that captivated timelines and newsfeeds in October will soon hit the big screen.
Best Twitter Reactions to The #Zola Story
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020

Rolling Stone reports that the story of the “greatest stripper saga ever told” is being made into a movie…seriously.

The Twitter tale of Aziah “Zola” King’s Florida road trip gone wrong is currently being developed into a full-on theatrical production.

Best Twitter Reactions to The #Zola Story

What started with one simple tweet, soon unfolded into a jaw-dropping and captivating 6,000 character story about an adventure between she and a fellow stripper, a pimp and an emotionally unstable boyfriend. With everything from money, guns and plenty of drama, Zola’s story was one that had everyone talking.

Actor James Franco has been announced as the director of the production titled Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted.

Andrew Neel and Mike Roberts will develop a script based on the social media story for Killer Films.

Will you be heading out to see the stripper saga unfold on screens, or were the tweets enough for this tale?

TOPICS:  Twitter