HBO has ordered a pilot script based on Octavia Butler’s novel “Fledgling” from the Emmy-nominated drama series “Lovecraft Country’s” writers and co-EPs Sonya Winton-Odamtten and Jonathan I. Kidd. Among the executive producers for the book-to-screen adaptation is Issa Rae, creator and star of “Insecure,” and J.J. Abrams (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”). The pilot, which hails from Warner Bros. Television, is currently in development.
Per the book’s description, “Fledgling,” which was originally published in 2005, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly inhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted – and still wants – to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself. Butler, a multiple Hugo and Nebula award winner,...
Per the book’s description, “Fledgling,” which was originally published in 2005, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly inhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted – and still wants – to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself. Butler, a multiple Hugo and Nebula award winner,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jonathan I. Kidd and Sonya Winton-Odamtten, co-executive producers and writers on HBO’s acclaimed woke sci-fi horror series Lovecraft Country, have extended their overall deal with the premium cable network for four years. Under their re-upped eight-figure deal, the pair will develop the limited series Say Their Names.
Say Their Names examines the “Grim Sleeper” murders from the perspective of Bajan-American, human rights activist Margaret Prescod who founded The Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders in the mid-1980s. The limited series will follow her journey as she seeks justice for Black girls and women killed in a wave of unsolved murders in South Los Angeles over a 30-year period, exposing police corruption and a cover-up that allowed Lonnie Franklin (aka Grim Sleeper) to murder for decades.
Kidd and Winton-Odamtten will write the limited series and executive produce alongside director Elliott Lester, Lisa Ellis for Provenance Venutures, as well...
Say Their Names examines the “Grim Sleeper” murders from the perspective of Bajan-American, human rights activist Margaret Prescod who founded The Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders in the mid-1980s. The limited series will follow her journey as she seeks justice for Black girls and women killed in a wave of unsolved murders in South Los Angeles over a 30-year period, exposing police corruption and a cover-up that allowed Lonnie Franklin (aka Grim Sleeper) to murder for decades.
Kidd and Winton-Odamtten will write the limited series and executive produce alongside director Elliott Lester, Lisa Ellis for Provenance Venutures, as well...
- 12/18/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Convicted serial killer Lonnie Franklin’s death sentence Wednesday was welcome news to the families of his murder victims looking for closure, but for Nick Broomfield, director of the HBO documentary about Franklin “Tales of the Grim Sleeper,” the story is far from over. Though Franklin has been brought to justice for a series of murders dating back to 1985, the systemic problems that prevented him from being caught for 25 years remain today, according to Broomfield.
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“Somebody could probably do exactly what Lonnie Franklin did again today, because nothing significant has changed in terms of the police’s attitude,” Broomfield said. “I feel the story is really just beginning.” During the year and a half of shooting for his 2014 documentary, Broomfield encountered a police force in South Central Los Angeles that he...
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“Somebody could probably do exactly what Lonnie Franklin did again today, because nothing significant has changed in terms of the police’s attitude,” Broomfield said. “I feel the story is really just beginning.” During the year and a half of shooting for his 2014 documentary, Broomfield encountered a police force in South Central Los Angeles that he...
- 8/11/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
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