Hair Love filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry and Chaz Bottoms, who worked on John Legend’s animated Facebook series Dear John: Legendary Love Letters, have teamed up to develop an animated musical comedy series.Battu, which follows a young group of misfit dreamers who move to their own beat, has been set up at Cartoon Network Studios.It is based on Bottoms’ animated short film Battu: An Animated Musical that is currently in production.
Cherry has a first-look deal with CNS sister studio Warner Bros. Television.From the French ballet term meaning beat, Battu follows teenagers Otis and Jada – two gifted dancers in Chicago whose free-spirit and individuality often leave them as outsiders in the rigid world of mainstream dance.
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