Exclusive: Chinonye Chukwu is attached to direct an adaptation of former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown’s memoir, A Taste of Power. Black List writer Alyssa Hill will adapt the screenplay. This comes right on the heels of the Sunday night Sundance premiere of Clemency, which Chukwu wrote and directed. The film is competing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and the filmmaker and cast got a standing ovation.
The adaptation’s producers are Robbie Brenner and Kevin McKeon for Unburdened Entertainment, and Scooter Braun and James Shin for Sb Projects. Executive Producers are Elaine Brown and Jeff Kwatinetz, as well as Scott Manson of Sb Projects, Andrew Heckler and Bronwyn Cornelius, latter of whom is a producer on Clemency.
Paradigm is handling financing for the project.
Elaine Brown is the first and only female leader of the Black Panther party from 1974 – 1977, this after Huey Newton was exiled to Cuba.
The adaptation’s producers are Robbie Brenner and Kevin McKeon for Unburdened Entertainment, and Scooter Braun and James Shin for Sb Projects. Executive Producers are Elaine Brown and Jeff Kwatinetz, as well as Scott Manson of Sb Projects, Andrew Heckler and Bronwyn Cornelius, latter of whom is a producer on Clemency.
Paradigm is handling financing for the project.
Elaine Brown is the first and only female leader of the Black Panther party from 1974 – 1977, this after Huey Newton was exiled to Cuba.
- 1/28/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Freeform is in development on a dramedy inspired by the life of Ericka Suzanne, the daughter of Elaine Brown, who was the first female leader of the Black Panther Party.
Written and executive produced by “Insecure” Ep Dayna Lynne North, “Party Girls,” a single-camera half-hour, has a script-to-series commitment from the network. Laurence Fishburne will also serve as executive producer on the project via his Cinema Gypsy Productions banner.
Set in Oakland, California in the 1970s, “Party Girls” follows Ericka’s attempt to survive her adolescence as her mother rises in the Black Panther Party.
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The potential series is said to explore an unconventional mother-daughter relationship, balancing the stakes of the movement with the humor inherent in coming-of-age, and asking the question how do you rebel when your mom is leading a rebellion.
Written and executive produced by “Insecure” Ep Dayna Lynne North, “Party Girls,” a single-camera half-hour, has a script-to-series commitment from the network. Laurence Fishburne will also serve as executive producer on the project via his Cinema Gypsy Productions banner.
Set in Oakland, California in the 1970s, “Party Girls” follows Ericka’s attempt to survive her adolescence as her mother rises in the Black Panther Party.
Also Read: Freeform Orders Comedy 'Everything's Gonna Be Okay' From 'Please Like Me' Creator Josh Thomas
The potential series is said to explore an unconventional mother-daughter relationship, balancing the stakes of the movement with the humor inherent in coming-of-age, and asking the question how do you rebel when your mom is leading a rebellion.
- 1/28/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Freeform has closed a script-to-series deal for Party Girls, a half-hour, single-camera coming-of-age dramedy inspired by the true story of Ericka Suzanne, daughter of the first female leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown. The project hails from writer Dayna Lynne North (Insecure), Platform One Media, Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland’s Cinema Gypsy Productions and Picture It Productions.
Set in Oakland in the 1970s, Party Girls follows Ericka’s attempt to survive her adolescence as her mother rises in the Party. The plot explores an unconventional mother-daughter relationship, balancing the stakes of the movement with the humor inherent in coming-of-age, and asking the question how do you rebel when your mom is leading a rebellion?
North will pen the script and serve as executive producer/showrunner should the project go to series, contingent on script approval. Elisa Ellis executive produces for Platform One Media, along with...
Set in Oakland in the 1970s, Party Girls follows Ericka’s attempt to survive her adolescence as her mother rises in the Party. The plot explores an unconventional mother-daughter relationship, balancing the stakes of the movement with the humor inherent in coming-of-age, and asking the question how do you rebel when your mom is leading a rebellion?
North will pen the script and serve as executive producer/showrunner should the project go to series, contingent on script approval. Elisa Ellis executive produces for Platform One Media, along with...
- 1/28/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Freeform is looking to explore the life of Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown and her daughter, Ericka Suzanne.
Disney's younger-skewing cable network is developing Party Girls, a single-camera dramedy inspired by the true story of Ericka Suzanne, the daughter of the first female leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown. The 1970s-set dramedy has received a sizable script-to-series commitment. That means that if network executives are happy with the script, the project would bypass the traditional pilot process and be ordered straight to series.
Dayna Lynne North (Insecure) will pen the script and serve as executive producer ...
Disney's younger-skewing cable network is developing Party Girls, a single-camera dramedy inspired by the true story of Ericka Suzanne, the daughter of the first female leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown. The 1970s-set dramedy has received a sizable script-to-series commitment. That means that if network executives are happy with the script, the project would bypass the traditional pilot process and be ordered straight to series.
Dayna Lynne North (Insecure) will pen the script and serve as executive producer ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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