{"id":3921,"date":"2019-03-27T19:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2019-06-13T19:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T19:07:41","slug":"octavia-butlers-sci-fi-novel-wild-seed-will-be-developed-into-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/octavia-butlers-sci-fi-novel-wild-seed-will-be-developed-into-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Octavia Butler\u2019s Sci-Fi Novel \u2018Wild Seed\u2019 Will Be Developed Into A TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Octavia Butler\u2019s <\/b>Wild Seed <\/i><\/b>novel, the first of the esteemed sci-fi author\u2019s <\/b>Patternist<\/i><\/b> series, will be developed into a TV series by Amazon. <\/b><\/p>\n

The project comes from JuVee Productions, the company of Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, and will be penned by fellow sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor and Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu. Kahiu will also direct the series.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/b>Wild Seed<\/i><\/b> is a book that shifted my life,\u201d said Davis. \u201cIt is as epic, as game changing, as moving and brilliant as any Science Fiction novel ever written. Julius and I are proud to have this masterpiece in our hands. It full\ufb01lls our promise and legacy to be disrupters. Octavia Butler was a visionary and we look forward to honoring the scope of her work and sharing it with the world.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Although JuVee Productions have acquired the rights to the novel for more than two years, identifying Wanuri Kahiu as a co-writer and director for the project is how the vision for the series<\/b> truly came to fruition. \u00a0Both Kahiu and Okorafor have stated that the trajectory of their careers was influenced by reading <\/b>Wild Seed<\/i><\/b>, as they were deeply inspired by Butler being a voice for women of color in science fiction. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The two friends also describe themselves as \u201cAfricanfuturists.\u201d Kahiu refers to her unique filmmaking style as <\/b>AfroBubbleGum<\/b><\/a> art, which is African art that\u2019s \u201cvibrant lighthearted, and without a political agenda.\u201d \u00a0Considering the fact that Kahiu and Okorafor have quite a lot in common, we\u2019re even more thrilled to see them join forces and watch this concept come to life.<\/b><\/p>\n

Recently, Kahiu\u2019s LGBTQ feature film <\/b>Rafiki<\/i><\/b> debuted at<\/b> Cannes <\/i><\/b>making it the first Kenyan film to ever screen at the festival. Although it was banned in Kenya, Rafiki was selected at a multitude of international festivals following its success at <\/b>Cannes<\/i><\/b>. <\/b><\/p>\n

Okorafor\u2019s acclaimed novel <\/b>Who Fears Death<\/i><\/b> is currently in development at HBO and is being produced by <\/b>Game of Thrones<\/i><\/b>\u2019 George R. R. Martin. <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe love Octavia Butler and her work, and have for decades. But <\/b>Wild Seed<\/i><\/b> is our favorite. It\u2019s expansive, disturbing, and unique,\u201d Kahiu and Okafor told <\/b>Deadline<\/b><\/a>. \u201c<\/b>Wild Seed<\/i><\/b> stays with you. It\u2019s a love\/hate story of African immortals that connects people on the African continent to the Diaspora. It merges the mystical and the scientific seamlessly. You\u2019re going to see shape-shifting, body jumping, telepaths, people born with the ability to defy the laws of physics, all in the context of our past, present and future world.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Merrilee Heifetz and Ernestine Walker, executors for the Octavia E. Butler estate, are beyond confident about the team behind this project. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t think of more perfect partners to bring Octavia\u2019s feminist century-spanning epic to life than Viola Davis, JuVee Productions and the brilliant creative team of Wanuri Kahiu and Nnedi Okorafor \u2014 and we are so excited to be working with the tenacious and passionate Amazon team, whose enthusiasm for Wild Seed<\/em> seems immeasurable,\u201d they exclaimed.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have complete faith in this vision for her work, which will thrill the readers who have loved these novels for decades, as well as bring new fans, both to the page and to what is sure to be an important and mind-blowing adaptation.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Wild Seed<\/i><\/b> marks the second Octavia Butler project that is currently in development. In 2017, it was announced that Butler\u2019s <\/b>Dawn<\/i><\/b> will be turned into a television series from Ava DuVernay, Victoria Mahoney, and Macro Ventures. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Octavia Butler\u2019s Wild Seed novel, the first of the esteemed sci-fi author\u2019s Patternist series, will be developed into a TV series by Amazon. The project comes from JuVee Productions, the company of Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, and will be penned by fellow sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor and Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu. Kahiu will also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[32,31,617,51,619,618],"class_list":["post-3921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-books","tag-books","tag-featured","tag-octavia-butler","tag-trending","tag-viola-davis","tag-wild-seed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}