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[03/24/21 - 07:00 AM]
WarnerMedia Extends Relationship with Issa Rae with Five-Year Overall Deal
The deal is exclusive to WarnerMedia for all forms of television, to include HBO, HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television, and a first-look for features with Warner Bros. Pictures Group, New Line and HBO Max.

[02/23/21 - 11:20 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 23
Updates include: Jon Stewart taps trio for his Apple series; Taylor Kitsch signs onto "The Terminal List" at Amazon; and HBO sets auspices for "The Vanishing Half" adaptation.

[06/29/20 - 11:47 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 29
Updates include: Quibi orders second season of "Nikki Fre$h"; ABC gives status updates on its various pilots; and HBO lands the rights to Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half."







VANISHING HALF, THE (HBO)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/29/20 - 3/24/21
STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
limited series based on Brit Bennett's novel, which focuses on the Vignes sisters, identical twins who, after growing up together in a small, southern black community, run away at age sixteen; it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aziza Barnes as CRTR/EP
· Brit Bennett as BOOK/EP
· Gabrielle Ebron as EP
· Issa Rae as EP
· Jeremy O. Harris as CRTR/EP
· Montrel McKay as EP
· Sara Rastogi as EP
· Stephanie Allain as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Homegrown Pictures
· Hoorae