![]() ![]() ![]() Kindred tells the story of Dana, a young Black aspiring writer who finds herself being pulled back and forth in time from her life in modern-day Los Angeles, all the way back to a plantation in the nineteenth-century, where she must confront the very real horrors of slavery. "It has been the highlight and honor of my career thus far to try and finally bring this timeless story to life - and especially at FX, whose catalogue of bold, thought-provoking, and cutting-edge television has been an endless source of inspiration and delight." "Since my first encounter with the novel nearly two decades ago, there have been few, if any, books and even fewer authors who have meant as much to me as Kindred and Octavia Butler," said Jacobs-Jenkins in a statement. Butler's star continues to shine bright, as Deadline reports that FX is developing a pilot based on her bestselling novel Kindred.īranden Jacobs-Jenkins, a consulting producer on HBO's Watchmen, wrote the pilot and will be executive producing the series alongside Courtney Lee-Mitchell ( The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Darren Aronofsky (mother!), and Joe Weisberg ( The Americans) and Joel Fields ( Fosse/Verdon). ![]() Acclaimed science fiction author Octavia E. ![]()
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