via Instagram (@tarynmanning)Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsA Karen-inspired crime thriller is in the worksOrange Is The New Black’s Taryn Manning will star as the lead in the crime thriller about an entitled white woman in the South who terrorises her Black, BLM-supporting neighboursShareLink copied ✔️August 24, 2020August 24, 2020TextGünseli Yalcinkaya In recent years, the name Karen has come to signify a certain type of woman: she’s white, typically American, wine drinker, and an ardent Trump supporter who always wants to speak to your manager. Now, Karen’s hitting Hollywood. According to TMZ, Orange Is The New Black’s Taryn Manning (who plays Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett in the Netflix series) will star as the lead in the new crime thriller about an entitled white woman – aptly named Karen White – in the South who terrorises her Black, BLM-supporting neighbours. The film will be directed and written by Coke Daniels (His, Hers & the Truth), with a release date of February 7 next year. There’s not much else known about the film so far (the IMDb page says the “plot (is) being kept under wraps”), but watch this space. Elsewhere, Gen Z teens are trolling Karens on Instagram by creating faux Karen profiles packed with cringe wine memes, basic interior design, and pics of Minions. The bio’s typically contain descriptions like, “Proud mother of four beautiful creatures”, “40 years young”, and “Stop calling me racist! My dog is black”. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering Heights