Spike Lee has found his next project. The “BlacKkKlansman” Oscar winner is attached to an upcoming drama series about the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps that hails from writers Jalysa Conway and Rebecca Murga, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire. Though the project is still in the early stages of development at Amazon Studios, Lee has boarded the project as both a director and an executive producer.
The untitled show is described as a coming-of-age drama that follows students who serve in the Rotc as a way of paying tuition at an elite university. Both Conway, a writer on “9-1-1 Lone Star,” and Murga, a writer and director on “Swagger,” used the Rotc to fund their higher education before serving in the U.S. Army.
Conway and Murga will also executive produce the untitled Rotc show alongside Lee, Steven Jackson and Trevor Engelson (“Snowfall”) for his production banner Underground.
The untitled show is described as a coming-of-age drama that follows students who serve in the Rotc as a way of paying tuition at an elite university. Both Conway, a writer on “9-1-1 Lone Star,” and Murga, a writer and director on “Swagger,” used the Rotc to fund their higher education before serving in the U.S. Army.
Conway and Murga will also executive produce the untitled Rotc show alongside Lee, Steven Jackson and Trevor Engelson (“Snowfall”) for his production banner Underground.
- 11/17/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Spike Lee may have a multiyear film deal with Netflix lined up since last December, but his next project will be with Amazon Studios. Deadline reports Lee will direct and co-serve as executive producer on an upcoming coming-of-age Rotc drama for Amazon. And while the project currently has no title, its story is steeped in real-life experience.
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- 11/17/2022
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Amazon Studios is developing a coming-of-age Rotc drama from writers Jalysa Conway (9-1-1: Lone Star) and Rebecca Murga (Swagger) — both military veterans — with Spike Lee set to direct and executive produce.
Written by Conway and Murga, The Untitled Rotc Project is set in the world of a rigorous Rotc military program at a major university, where students from all different walks of life push themselves to limits they never thought possible.
Conway and Murga executive produce with Lee, Steven Jackson as well as Trevor Engelson of Underground.
The project draws from Conway and Murga’s personal experiences. Both of them went through Rotc to help pay for college before embarking on active military duty. The two previously worked together in the Rideback TV Incubator, a residency program launched by Dan Lin’s Rideback and MRC where writers from diverse backgrounds get the opportunity to create their own shows.
Written by Conway and Murga, The Untitled Rotc Project is set in the world of a rigorous Rotc military program at a major university, where students from all different walks of life push themselves to limits they never thought possible.
Conway and Murga executive produce with Lee, Steven Jackson as well as Trevor Engelson of Underground.
The project draws from Conway and Murga’s personal experiences. Both of them went through Rotc to help pay for college before embarking on active military duty. The two previously worked together in the Rideback TV Incubator, a residency program launched by Dan Lin’s Rideback and MRC where writers from diverse backgrounds get the opportunity to create their own shows.
- 11/17/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ubisoft Film and Television on Wednesday revealed its participants for the Women's Film and Television Fellowship, a paid six-month program designed to illuminate female and nonbinary storytellers. Comedy writer Annabel Seymour was selected for film, and former cyber warfare officer turned screenwriter Jalysa Conway for television.
During the program, Seymour, a former staff writer on Hoops for Netflix; and Conway, who has written for Grey's Anatomy and developed a military-themed drama, will explore titles in Ubisoft's library to assess their potential for development. They will also look at original ideas based on the immersive worlds of video games....
During the program, Seymour, a former staff writer on Hoops for Netflix; and Conway, who has written for Grey's Anatomy and developed a military-themed drama, will explore titles in Ubisoft's library to assess their potential for development. They will also look at original ideas based on the immersive worlds of video games....
- 4/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ubisoft Film and Television on Wednesday revealed its participants for the Women's Film and Television Fellowship, a paid six-month program designed to illuminate female and nonbinary storytellers. Comedy writer Annabel Seymour was selected for film, and former cyber warfare officer turned screenwriter Jalysa Conway for television.
During the program, Seymour, a former staff writer on Hoops for Netflix; and Conway, who has written for Grey's Anatomy and developed a military-themed drama, will explore titles in Ubisoft's library to assess their potential for development. They will also look at original ideas based on the immersive worlds of video games....
During the program, Seymour, a former staff writer on Hoops for Netflix; and Conway, who has written for Grey's Anatomy and developed a military-themed drama, will explore titles in Ubisoft's library to assess their potential for development. They will also look at original ideas based on the immersive worlds of video games....
- 4/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rideback, Dan Lin’s production company, and Mrc have announced the inaugural class of writers and mentors for their TV incubator.
The new TV writers residency program, which was launched in February, offers a paid, eight-month residency program to a group of writers who have each previously been staffed on series and want to create their own drama series for cable and streaming. The writers are paired with experienced showrunners and/or executive producers who act as mentors.
The goal of the new venture is to creatively and financially support TV writers from a wide variety of backgrounds and life experiences, and for each participant to generate a market-ready, straight-to-series project.
The first class writers of will be comprised of Iden Baghdadchi (“Marvel’s Agents of Shield”), Brian Buccellato, Jalysa Conway & Rebecca Murga, Desta Tedros Reff (“Sorry For Your Loss”), Jovan Robinson (“The Code”), Susan Cohen & Sydnie Suskind (“How to...
The new TV writers residency program, which was launched in February, offers a paid, eight-month residency program to a group of writers who have each previously been staffed on series and want to create their own drama series for cable and streaming. The writers are paired with experienced showrunners and/or executive producers who act as mentors.
The goal of the new venture is to creatively and financially support TV writers from a wide variety of backgrounds and life experiences, and for each participant to generate a market-ready, straight-to-series project.
The first class writers of will be comprised of Iden Baghdadchi (“Marvel’s Agents of Shield”), Brian Buccellato, Jalysa Conway & Rebecca Murga, Desta Tedros Reff (“Sorry For Your Loss”), Jovan Robinson (“The Code”), Susan Cohen & Sydnie Suskind (“How to...
- 4/25/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
The Rideback TV Incubator, the new inclusion-focused writers program launched in February by Dan Lin’s Rideback and Mrc, has selected its writers and mentors for the inaugural 2019 session.
The incubator, whose core mission is to creatively and financially support writers from different backgrounds as they create their own series for cable or streaming services, is an eight-month paid program aimed at TV writers who have previously been staffed on series and want to create their own dramatic show.
The goal is to create a market-ready, straight-to-series project, which if they go forward will be produced by Rideback with financing and other support by Mrc, which is providing funding for the program. Rideback and Mrc will jointly bring projects to market, with an option of adding other elements. The writers will be set as executive producer/writers and mentors as non-writing executive producers.
This year’s list of writers: Iden Baghdadchi...
The incubator, whose core mission is to creatively and financially support writers from different backgrounds as they create their own series for cable or streaming services, is an eight-month paid program aimed at TV writers who have previously been staffed on series and want to create their own dramatic show.
The goal is to create a market-ready, straight-to-series project, which if they go forward will be produced by Rideback with financing and other support by Mrc, which is providing funding for the program. Rideback and Mrc will jointly bring projects to market, with an option of adding other elements. The writers will be set as executive producer/writers and mentors as non-writing executive producers.
This year’s list of writers: Iden Baghdadchi...
- 4/25/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Two months after Mrc teamed with prolific producer Dan Lin and his production company Rideback for a TV incubator, the inaugural 2019 session has found its writers and mentors.
Eight writers (or writing teams) were selected for the inclusion-focused program from more than 200 applicants. The lucky scribes are Iden Baghdadchi (Agents of Shield), Brian Buccellato (The Flash, Batman), Jalysa Conway and Rebecca Murga (Grey’s Anatomy, The Letter), Desta Tedros Reff (Sorry for Your Loss), Jovan Robinson (The Code), Susan Cohen and Sydnie Suskind (How to Beat Your Sister-in-Law (at everything)), Robert Taylor (Spirit Riding Free) and ...
Eight writers (or writing teams) were selected for the inclusion-focused program from more than 200 applicants. The lucky scribes are Iden Baghdadchi (Agents of Shield), Brian Buccellato (The Flash, Batman), Jalysa Conway and Rebecca Murga (Grey’s Anatomy, The Letter), Desta Tedros Reff (Sorry for Your Loss), Jovan Robinson (The Code), Susan Cohen and Sydnie Suskind (How to Beat Your Sister-in-Law (at everything)), Robert Taylor (Spirit Riding Free) and ...
- 4/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Happy Friday, Grey's Anatomy fans. We hope you guys enjoyed last night's new episode 9. Now that it's in the books, it's time to go over what's in store for the upcoming episode 10. ABC recently released a press release for the new episode 10. Before we get into it, we need to tell you guys that this article does contain light spoiler teasers. So, if you don't want to see any spoiler teasers, it's highly suggested that you stop reading this article right now. If you don't care about spoiler teasers, by all means please keep reading this article. Alright, now that we've got our spoiler warning out of the way, let's jump into this new episode 10 teaser session. First of all, it's titled, "Help, I'm Alive." That sounds pretty disturbing. Like somebody's being buried alive or something. Anyways, this episode sounds like it will serve up some pretty interesting and intense...
- 1/19/2019
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Happy Friday and weekend "Grey's Anatomy" fans. Now that episode 15 has wrapped up,ABC delivered a couple of new storyline scoops to expect to see in the new, upcoming episode 16 of its current season 14. It turns out that Jackson is going to have to take a break from Maggie. Elsewhere, Jo gives Bailey some help with a trauma patient after she and Meredith run into some issues and more. The production team have titled episode 16, "Caught Somewhere in Time." These storyline teasers come from ABC's press release which starts off in all caps: "It's A Family Affair When Jackson, Catherine And Richard Perform A Groundbreaking Vaginoplasty Surgery On A Transgender Patient." The press release's main description tells us that we'll see Jackson and Maggie having a wonderful time together. However, that's going to get cut short as Jackson will have to quickly direct his attention to a major vaginoplasty surgery that's about to take place.
- 3/16/2018
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Hey, "Grey's Anatomy" fans. We've got some new, very interesting intel for the upcoming episode 5 of this current season 14 via an official ABC episode press release. It revealed a few teaser storylines for the episode. It turns out that this episode is going to feature a lot of flashback scenes. One or more of those flashbacks will give us some very important backstory about Owen's sister Megan Hunt. Also, it sounds like things will get very emotional between Owen and Megan when they have a very serious heart to heart and more. The press release also revealed that this is episode titled, "Danger Zone."ABC's main description of this installment reveals that we're going to be presented flashback scenes to Iraq in 2007, and they will feature all the tragic events that led up to Megan getting kidnapped. So, we're going to finally see what really went down that day. It should be quite informative.
- 10/14/2017
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Grey’s Anatomy is kicking off November Sweeps by going to war, and it’s deploying four major characters to the front lines.
TVLine has learned exclusively that the ABC drama’s Oct. 26 episode, titled “Danger Zone,” will be told almost entirely in flashback and chronicle the events leading up to Megan’s (Abigail Spencer) kidnapping in Iraq. In addition to Spencer, the standalone hour will also feature Kevin McKidd’s Owen, Martin Henderson’s Nathan and Kim Raver’s Teddy. (Check out an exclusive first look above.) I’m told the episode — penned by staff writer Jalysa Conway and directed...
TVLine has learned exclusively that the ABC drama’s Oct. 26 episode, titled “Danger Zone,” will be told almost entirely in flashback and chronicle the events leading up to Megan’s (Abigail Spencer) kidnapping in Iraq. In addition to Spencer, the standalone hour will also feature Kevin McKidd’s Owen, Martin Henderson’s Nathan and Kim Raver’s Teddy. (Check out an exclusive first look above.) I’m told the episode — penned by staff writer Jalysa Conway and directed...
- 10/4/2017
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Grey’s Anatomy is kicking off November Sweeps by going to war, and it’s deploying four major characters to the front lines.
TVLine has learned exclusively that the ABC drama’s Oct. 26 episode, titled “Danger Zone,” will be told almost entirely in flashback and chronicle the events leading up to Megan’s (Abigail Spencer) kidnapping in Iraq. In addition to Spencer, the standalone hour will also feature Kevin McKidd’s Owen, Martin Henderson’s Nathan and Kim Raver’s Teddy. (Check out an exclusive first look above.) I’m told the episode — penned by staff writer Jalysa Conway and...
TVLine has learned exclusively that the ABC drama’s Oct. 26 episode, titled “Danger Zone,” will be told almost entirely in flashback and chronicle the events leading up to Megan’s (Abigail Spencer) kidnapping in Iraq. In addition to Spencer, the standalone hour will also feature Kevin McKidd’s Owen, Martin Henderson’s Nathan and Kim Raver’s Teddy. (Check out an exclusive first look above.) I’m told the episode — penned by staff writer Jalysa Conway and...
- 10/4/2017
- TVLine.com
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