Issa Rae’s New Show Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
Back in August, Issa Rae set social media on fire when she revealed her fantasy television would be to create an all-Black 90210-esque series as part of a project with The New Yorker. It looks like Issa’s dreams just might be coming true.
According to Deadline.com, the Insecure co-creator and star is slated to bring a series starring an African-American family dealing with the turbulent times of 1990’s Los Angeles to HBO. “Bridging those later Reagan Era and early Clinton years, the drama will center on the marriage of Sheryl and Jackson, with the former an envelope bounds-pushing real estate agent and the latter a conflicted LAPD anti-gang task force recruit. The potential series will also feature the couple’s teen daughter and son, Ebony and Les,” Deadline.com reports.
Issa Rae will serve as an executive producer on the untitled project alongside National Book Award finalist author Angela Flournoy, who will double as an EP and writer.
See what other projects Rae is pitching BET Breaks, above.