NBC Nabs Gbenga Akinnagbe Semi-Autobiographical Drama ‘Lewisburg’ From Rideback, Thinking Hat & EP Corinne Brinkerhoff

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NBC Nabs Gbenga Akinnagbe Semi-Autobiographical Drama ‘Lewisburg’ From Rideback, Thinking Hat & EP Corinne Brinkerhoff
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EXCLUSIVE: NBC has handed a script commitment plus penalty to Lewisburg, a drama inspired by the life of actor Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire, The Deuce). The project hails from Akinnagbe, American Got…

stems from CBS TV Studios, Rideback and Thinking Hat’s Rideback/Thinking Hat Campfire writers room program. Akinnagbe is one of three participants

designed to guide creative voices into their first broadcast TV development, paired with experienced TV creatprs/showrunners based at CBS TV Studios. Akinnagbe developedWritten by Akinnagbe,follows a young man whose only way out of East Baltimore is his wrestling talent.

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