| Title: | If I Ruled the World |
| Logline: | In 1999, Nikki Rose—the only Black editor at a prestigious fashion magazine—quits after being told “Black girls don’t sell magazines” and takes over Sugar, a struggling hip-hop music and lifestyle magazine with massive untapped potential. With six months to save the magazine and her dreams, Nikki dives into New York’s world of power, parties, and danger while fending off a vengeful ex-lover determined to destroy her, all as she discovers what kind of leader—and woman—she wants to be. She works to prove she’s savvy enough to take the lead — balancing pulling all-nighters at the office with partying with New York City’s most influential bad boys. Her most dangerous challenge is evading Alonzo Griffin, her very married, very powerful ex-lover and former boss, who is determined to destroy both her and Sugar. |
| Writer(s): | Amy DuBois Barnett, Lee Daniels |
| Genre(s): | Drama |
| Agency: | Mia Vitale, Sarah Passick | Park Fine & Brower (Barnett) Andrew Miller, Lauren Jane Holland, Rob Kenneally, Bryan Lourd, Kevin Lin | CAA (Daniels) |
| Management: | Ali Lefkowitz, Howie Sanders | Anonymous Content (Barnett) Kaplan Perrone (Barnett) |
| Attorney: | Gordon Bobb | Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang (Barnett) Jeanne Newman, Matthew Levy, Mahdi Salehi | Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush Kaller Gellman Meigs & Fox (Daniels) |
| Streamer: | Hulu |
| Companies: | Lee Daniels Entertainment, Green Bean Pictures |
| Additional: | Hourlong. To be based on the novel by Amy DuBois Barnett which will be published by Flatiron Books in January 2026. Amy DuBois Barnett, Lee Daniels and Emma Watts will executive produce. |
