By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV EXCLUSIVE: ABC is stepping up development of Women of the Movement (working title), an anthology series that chronicles the civil rights movement as told by the women behind it..
The network has commissioned the opening of a writers room for the project, from writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.
Following the rules of social distancing, the writers room, run by showrunner Cerar, will be virtual, with writers working remotely from their homes.
The team is expected to start work on scripts today. Additionally, Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which is the studio on the project, has signed a backup script development deal with Cerar.
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