‘Zola’: Movie Based on Viral Twitter Thread Gets First Trailer

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It’s been years in the making, but Zola’s story is finally coming to the big screen.

Taylour Paige stars as the titular Detroit waitress who is seduced by a customer, Stefani (Riley Keough), into taking a road trip to make some fast money dancing in Florida. What comes next involves a pimp (Colman Domingo), an idiot boyfriend (Nicholas Braun) and probably the craziest 48 hours in Florida, ever.

Back in 2015, A’Ziah “Zola” King turned a story from her life into a high-octane Twitter thread involving stripping, violence, pimps, and murder. The 148 tweet thread broke the internet and caught the attention of the film industry, and was quickly picked up by A24 with Janicza Bravo as writer and director.

Zola is coming!

everywhere, but if you need a refresher: In the thread, King explained how she agreed to travel with a stripper she just met, her roommate, and her boyfriend to Florida for a spontaneous “hoe trip.” Zola thought she was going down there to dance—but this new friend had other plans. This jaw-dropping, real-life story was begging to be made into a and now we're getting one—starring Taylour Paige as Zola and as her new friend, Stefani.

The insane world saga of a Twitter user named Zola went viral in 2015. Now, that tweet thread about strippers, gangsters, pimps, and partying in Florida has become one wild-looking movie starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, and Colman Domingo.

epic 148-tweet thread in 2015 about her harrowing 48-hour trip to Florida.See the full red-band trailer for “Zola” here.Also Read: Sean Baker's 'Red Rocket' About Washed-Up Porn Star Heads to A24“Zola” is an odyssey about how King (Paige) was seduced by a new friend named Stefani (Riley Keough) into joining her for a weekend of dancing and partying in Florida.

Did we ever envision a day when a whole-ass Twitter thread would become a movie? Well, it happened alright; an epic story by A’Ziah King, aka ZOLA, told on Twitter (since deleted) became “Zola.” The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2020 to major acclaim. Directed by Janicza Bravo (“Atlanta,” “Lemon“) and starring Taylour Paige and Riley Keough, “Zola” is about Aa stripper named Zola who embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.