New York Times bestselling author and artist Akwaeke Emezi has signed with Verve.
Emezi’s first novel Freshwater is currently in development to be adapted as an FX series with Emezi writing and executive producing alongside Verve client Tamara P. Carter (P-Valley, The Leftovers).
Published in 2018, the novel won the 2019 Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree) and the Nommo Award. Freshwater was also shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, the Pen/Hemingway Award, the Nypl Young Lions Fiction Award, the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, and a Lambda Literary Award.
Emezi’s bestselling sophomore adult novel The Death of Vivek Oji was published last ...
Emezi’s first novel Freshwater is currently in development to be adapted as an FX series with Emezi writing and executive producing alongside Verve client Tamara P. Carter (P-Valley, The Leftovers).
Published in 2018, the novel won the 2019 Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree) and the Nommo Award. Freshwater was also shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, the Pen/Hemingway Award, the Nypl Young Lions Fiction Award, the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, and a Lambda Literary Award.
Emezi’s bestselling sophomore adult novel The Death of Vivek Oji was published last ...
New York Times bestselling author and artist Akwaeke Emezi has signed with Verve.
Emezi’s first novel Freshwater is currently in development to be adapted as an FX series with Emezi writing and executive producing alongside Verve client Tamara P. Carter (P-Valley, The Leftovers).
Published in 2018, the novel won the 2019 Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree) and the Nommo Award. Freshwater was also shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, the Pen/Hemingway Award, the Nypl Young Lions Fiction Award, the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, and a Lambda Literary Award.
Emezi’s bestselling sophomore adult novel The Death of Vivek Oji was published last ...
Emezi’s first novel Freshwater is currently in development to be adapted as an FX series with Emezi writing and executive producing alongside Verve client Tamara P. Carter (P-Valley, The Leftovers).
Published in 2018, the novel won the 2019 Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree) and the Nommo Award. Freshwater was also shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, the Pen/Hemingway Award, the Nypl Young Lions Fiction Award, the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, and a Lambda Literary Award.
Emezi’s bestselling sophomore adult novel The Death of Vivek Oji was published last ...
FX is in early development on a series based on Akwaeke Emezi’s debut novel “Freshwater,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The series focuses on Ada, a Nigerian student in her final year of college who finds out that she has three spirits living in her subconscious. They eventually take control of her, threatening to ruin her life and sanity.
Emezi will write and executive produce the project along with Tamara P. Carter. FX Productions will produce with Kevin Wandell and Lindsey Donahue overseeing the project for FX.
“Freshwater” has drawn notable praise for Emezi. The novel is a finalist for the Nypl Young Lions Award, the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction, and the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. Emezi is repped by the Wylie Agency and Sloss Eckhouse.
Carter was previously a writer on the HBO series “The Leftovers” as well as the Freeform series “The Fosters.” Her...
The series focuses on Ada, a Nigerian student in her final year of college who finds out that she has three spirits living in her subconscious. They eventually take control of her, threatening to ruin her life and sanity.
Emezi will write and executive produce the project along with Tamara P. Carter. FX Productions will produce with Kevin Wandell and Lindsey Donahue overseeing the project for FX.
“Freshwater” has drawn notable praise for Emezi. The novel is a finalist for the Nypl Young Lions Award, the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction, and the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. Emezi is repped by the Wylie Agency and Sloss Eckhouse.
Carter was previously a writer on the HBO series “The Leftovers” as well as the Freeform series “The Fosters.” Her...
- 5/22/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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- 6/23/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
[Editor’s note: The following review contains spoilers for the “The Leftovers” Season 3, Episode 4, “G’Day Melbourne.”]
Immediate Reaction
I doubt there’s a more telling shot for “The Leftovers” than the close-up of Nora sitting on the hotel bed, post-fight, as water from the sprinklers streams over her eyelid, masking the tears rolling down her cheek. Not only does it sum up the episode (and the pivotal final scene, which began with her putting tin foil over the smoke detector so she could have a cigarette), but it reflects the series’ predominant themes of grief and the misleading expressions of that grief.
Nora was crying, but anyone who walked in the room would just see water on her face — not tears. Anyone who walked in on her getting shot in the chest during Season 1 would see just that: a shocking act, not a woman trapped in a permanent cycle of mourning. If someone found out Kevin was talking to dead people, they’d see a man...
Immediate Reaction
I doubt there’s a more telling shot for “The Leftovers” than the close-up of Nora sitting on the hotel bed, post-fight, as water from the sprinklers streams over her eyelid, masking the tears rolling down her cheek. Not only does it sum up the episode (and the pivotal final scene, which began with her putting tin foil over the smoke detector so she could have a cigarette), but it reflects the series’ predominant themes of grief and the misleading expressions of that grief.
Nora was crying, but anyone who walked in the room would just see water on her face — not tears. Anyone who walked in on her getting shot in the chest during Season 1 would see just that: a shocking act, not a woman trapped in a permanent cycle of mourning. If someone found out Kevin was talking to dead people, they’d see a man...
- 5/8/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Friday, May 5
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” 8 p.m., VH1
Episode Title: “9021-ho”
Network Synopsis: The queens act in a ’90s high school drama, directed by Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth.
Why You Should Watch: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is the smartest reality show on TV. So says IndieWire (more specifically, so says the one and only Jude Dry), and the latest season has been growing in ratings and expanding its audience in exciting new ways. The guest judges have been fantastic, and this week’s theme is a fun riff on a TV classic. Give it a try! We know you’ll be hooked.
Read More: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race:’ 5 Reasons Why It’s The Smartest Reality Show On TV
Saturday, May 6
“Chris Gethard: Career Suicide” 10 p.m., HBO
Episode Title: (Comedy Special)
Network Synopsis: Comedian, talk-show and podcast host, and writer Chris Gethard brings his one-man off-Broadway show, “Chris Gethard: Career Suicide,...
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” 8 p.m., VH1
Episode Title: “9021-ho”
Network Synopsis: The queens act in a ’90s high school drama, directed by Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth.
Why You Should Watch: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is the smartest reality show on TV. So says IndieWire (more specifically, so says the one and only Jude Dry), and the latest season has been growing in ratings and expanding its audience in exciting new ways. The guest judges have been fantastic, and this week’s theme is a fun riff on a TV classic. Give it a try! We know you’ll be hooked.
Read More: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race:’ 5 Reasons Why It’s The Smartest Reality Show On TV
Saturday, May 6
“Chris Gethard: Career Suicide” 10 p.m., HBO
Episode Title: (Comedy Special)
Network Synopsis: Comedian, talk-show and podcast host, and writer Chris Gethard brings his one-man off-Broadway show, “Chris Gethard: Career Suicide,...
- 5/5/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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