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'The Deliverance' Trailer: Mo'Nique Reunites With 'Precious' Filmmaker Lee Daniels

'The Deliverance' premieres Aug. 30, two years after Mo'Nique and 'Precious' filmmaker Lee Daniels put their years-long feud to rest.

On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled the first trailer and images from The Deliverance, Daniels' upcoming thriller starring Mo'Nique, Andra Day, Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin and recent Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis. Anthony B. Jenkins, Demi Singleton and Andra Day in 'The Deliverance' - NetflixThe streamer boasts that the film is "inspired by a true story," and will give viewers a "genre-defying take on darkness, possession, and finding a higher power." The pair had been at odds since Precious' releasein 2009 when, after winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2010 for her critically acclaimed performance as the titular character's abusive mother Mary, the 56-year-old comedian made headlines for her claims that she was "blackballed" from Hollywood, naming Daniels as one of the culprits.

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