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Sanaa
Lathan
Sanaa
Lathan
is
executive
producing
and
starring
in
a
new
drama
about
the
infamous
TV
psychic
Miss
Cleo.
The
Best
Man:
The
Final
Chapters
star,
Sanaa
Lathan,
will
portray
Miss
Cleo
and
say
her
famous
“Call
me
now”
catchphrase
in
the
forthcoming
“darkly
comedic
drama,”
Deadline
exclusively reports.
Per
Deadline:
Legendary
Entertainment is
developing
the
project, Miss
Cleo,
with
Lathan
as
exec
producer.
Former
Sony
Pictures
Television
head
of
drama Sharon
Hall,
who
exec
produced The
Expanse,
is
also
exec
producing
the
project
through
her
Mom
de
Guerre
Productions.
Miss
Cleo
was
otherwise
known
as
Youree
Dell
Harris,
an
actress
best
known
for
portraying
the
spokeswoman
for
a
psychic
pay-per-call-minute
service
called
Psychic
Readers
Networks
in
a
series
of
commercials
between
1997
and
2003.
Her
tagline
was
“Call
me
now!”
In
2002,
the
Federal
Trade
Commission
charged
the
company’s
owners
with
deceptive
advertising,
billing
and
collection
practices.
Harris
was
not
indicted
but
the
people
behind
it
agreed
to
settle
by
erasing
$500M
in
debt
from
its
victims
and
paying
a
$5M
fine.
The
website
reports
the
series
will
follow
Miss
Cleo’s
rise
and
her
subsequent
fall
following
the
government’s
$500
million
court
case.
The
series
is
currently
being
shopped
out
to
streamers
and
networks.
While
Harris’
time
as
the
psychic
crashed
and
burned,
she
did
lend
her
famous
voice
to
the
popular
video
game
Grand
Theft
Auto:
Vice
City.
Harris
died
in
2016;
her
life
was
documented
in
the
2022
Max
documentary
Call
Me
Miss
Cleo.
Add
this
to
the
list
of
series
and
movies
we
look
forward
to
watching.
—
Photo:
Cindy
Ord/VF23
/
Getty
