Black Panther Party Dramedy Series From Laurence Fishburne in the Works at Freeform
Laurence Fishburne is exec producing 'Party Girls,' a Freeform dramedy about the first female leader of the Black Panther Party and her daughter. 'Party Girls,' which has a script-to-series commitment, is inspired by Ericka Suzanne, the daughter of Elaine Brown, the first female leader of the 1960s political movement. Ericka Suzanne Freeform is looking to explore the life of Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown and her daughter, Ericka Suzanne. Disney's younger-skewing cable network is developing Party Girls, a single-camera dramedy inspired by the true story of Ericka Suzanne, the daughter of the first female leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown. The 1970s-set dramedy has received a sizable script-to-series commitment. That means that if network executives are happy with the script, the project would bypass the traditional pilot process and be ordered straight to series. Dayna Lynne North (Insecure) will pen the script an...