{"id":4964,"date":"2020-01-14T19:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2020-02-19T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T18:18:55","slug":"nnedi-okorafors-binti-is-being-adapted-into-an-africanfuturistic-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/nnedi-okorafors-binti-is-being-adapted-into-an-africanfuturistic-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Nnedi Okorafor\u2019s \u2018Binti\u2019 Is Being Adapted Into An Africanfuturistic Hulu Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nnedi Okorafor\u2019s Hugo Award-winning science fiction trilogy Binti <\/i>will be adapted into a series from Hulu and Media Res.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Binti <\/i>novella is set against the backdrop of a technologically advanced future. It centers on Binti, an exceptional woman who is fated to be a leader for her community in Africa. Yet, she chooses a more desirable path when she is admitted to the most prestigious academy in the galaxy, renouncing her family\u2019s wishes and abandoning her community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> specifies that Okorafor will be involved in the adaptation, co-writing the script alongside Stacy Osei-Kuffour (\u201cWatchmen\u201d).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, I can be public about it!\u201d Okorafor tweeted this morning. \u201cWe are adapting Binti into a TV series at Hulu. I\u2019m co-writing the pilot with @StacyAmma<\/a> (HBO’s Watchmen).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you read the trilogy yet? Catch up on the Binti <\/i>series by purchasing a copy on Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the summer of 2017, it was announced that Okorafor\u2019s novel Who Fears Death<\/i> will be adapted into an HBO series. However, details about the project and its current state remain elusive. Last year, Okorafor revealed that she will co-write the script for the film adaptation of Octavia Butler\u2019s Wild Seed<\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nnedi Okorafor\u2019s Hugo Award-winning science fiction trilogy Binti will be adapted into a series from Hulu and Media Res.\u00a0\u00a0 The Binti novella is set against the backdrop of a technologically advanced future. It centers on Binti, an exceptional woman who is fated to be a leader for her community in Africa. Yet, she chooses a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,174],"tags":[31,918,133,51],"class_list":["post-4964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-books-books","tag-featured","tag-hulu","tag-nnedi-okorafor","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964","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=4964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}