EXCLUSIVE: Boomerang co-creator Ben Cory Jones has acquired the shopping rights to Brianna Peppins‘ YA novel Briarcliff Prep for series development.
The project will be co-written by Jones and Peppins. Both will produce alongside Cultivate Entertainment Partners Sean Mik’ael Butler and Patrick Strøm.
Briarcliff Prep is a coming-of-age story set in a space where the expectations of gender and race collide, familial responsibilities are tested, and sisterhood may be a saving grace.
Jones is a writer, director and producer best known for co-producing HBO’s Issa Rae series Insecure and co-creating the BET series Boomerang with Lena Waithe.
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