Natasha Rothwell has landed her first major series after striking a rich pact with Disney. Her comedy series How To Die Alone, which she will write, star and co-showrun has scored a series order from Onyx Collective and will air on Hulu.
It comes after The White Lotus star signed an overall deal under her banner Big Hattie Productions with ABC Signature, which produces the series, last year.
The eight-part, half-hour series follows Melissa (Rothwell), a fat, black, neurotic who’s never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on a journey to becoming “100% that bitch” in real life by any means necessary.
PEN15 exec producer Vera Santamaria will co-showrun and exec produce alongside Rothwell with The Bisexual’s Desiree Akhaven also exec producing.
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