A three-part documentary charting the rise, movements, voices and memes that have made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life has received a straight-to-series order from Disney’s Onyx Collective .
“Black Twitter” (working title), based on Jason Parham’s Wired article “A People’s History of Black Twitter”, will be produced by Parham and directed by Prentice Penny, through an overall deal with Onyx under his A. Penny Will mark his first project. Your thoughts banner.
The series’ executive producers include Penny, Chris Pollack and Alex Soler from A Penny for Your Thoughts; Sarah Amos, Helen Estabrook, Agnes Chu and Andrew Whitney from Wired Studio; and Rashem Nizhon, Carrie Twigg, Nicole Galowski and showrunner Joe Jacoby from Culture House.
In addition, Onyx has picked up a pilot for 20th Television’s scripted comedy “1266”.
Inspired by the true life story of Academy Award-nominated Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious,” “American Horror Story”), the series follows Gabby Brixton (Sidibe), a single woman living with her mother and determined to become a Makes half-hearted efforts. Singer/Model and overnight millionaire.
After getting fired from her job, Gabi stumbles upon the gig of a lifetime – phone sex! What initially turns out to be a quick way to make money turns into a life-changing experience when she meets the women who become her chosen family and learns how powerful, profitable, and prolific her voice can be.
“1266” is executive produced by Sidibe, Steven Canals (“Pose”) and co-showrunners Thembi Banks (“Young.Wild.Free,” “Only Murders in the Building”) and Julie Bean (“Gro-ish”). to serve as a non-writing executive producer alongside Jill Kaplan. The story is written by Banks and Bean, with Banks writing the teleplay and directing the pilot.
