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‘Kindred’ Showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins On The Process Of Adapting Octavia E. Butler For The Modern Age, Casting Newcomer Mallori Johnson, And Trying Not To “Aestheticize The Violence” Of Slavery Narratives
It's been nearly five decades since the publication of Octavia E. Butler's critically acclaimed Black sci-fi novel Kindred. In an interview with Publisher's Weekly, Butler explained that she wanted to write a thought-provoking novel "that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that Black…
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‘Kindred’ Pilot Based On Octavia E. Butler Novel Picked Up To Series By FX
FX has given a series order to Kindred, an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's influential novel, with newcomer Mallori Johnson set to star. The project, which received a pilot order in July, hails from writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen), Courtney Lee-Mitchell (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Darren Aronofsky and…
FX Orders Pilot Based On Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Kindred’ Novel From Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Courtney Lee-Mitchell & Protozoa
FX has given a pilot order to Kindred, an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s influential novel, from writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Watchmen), Courtney Lee-Mitchell (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Darren Aronofsky and his Protozoa Pictures (Black Swan, The Wrestler), Joe Weisberg (The Americans) and Joel Fields (Fosse/V…
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