The Emmy-winner’s Hillman Grad banner previously was housed at Amazon.
As part of the move to WBTV, where Waithe will develop and produce new TV fare for the company’s various platforms as well as outside buyers, Hillman Grad is expanding and has hired Naomi Funabashi to run film and TV for the company alongside Rishi Rajani.the scripted adaptation marks Waithe’s first project under her freshly signed WBTV pact.
Waithe’s take, which is in development and does not yet have a network attached, is described as a coming of age drama following two Black teens in 1990s Chicago who experience the highs and lows of being high school phenoms at the height of the Michael Jordan era and a time when pre-college students turned pro.
“We are excited to work with Hillman Grad, Playground and Warner Bros. Television on adapting HOOP DREAMS into a scripted television series,” James, Gilbert and Marx said in a joint statement Monday. “There’s been quite a bit of interest over the years since the film came out in 1994, but Lena Waithe is the ideal Chicagoan to lead the effort to finally make it happen.”
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