From YouTube to HBO's 'Insecure': ‘Awkward Black Girl’ Star Issa Rae Gets HBO Pilot Order
HBO has given a pilot order to a new comedy project starring YouTube sensation, Issa Rae, Deadline reports.
The project, "Insecure," is inspired by Rae's award-winning YouTube series, "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl." The show will focus on "the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern day African-American woman," according to Deadline.
Comedy Central's Larry Wilmore is also onboard the project as executive producer alongside Rae. Deadline reports 3 Arts is producing the project with Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky, and Jonathan Berry as executive producers.
So far, the director and showrunner for "Insecure" have not been confirmed. There is also no release date for the show as of yet.
In the meantime, fans can visit Rae's YouTube page, which features original digital content for her fans to enjoy.
Since joining YouTube in 2006, Rae has garnered nearly 200,000 subscribers and more than 23 million views for her content centered on female empowerment and the African American experience.
Rae has made a number of notable lists including Glamour Magazine's "35 Under 35,″ Forbes' "30 Under 30" (twice), Rolling Stone's 23 Funniest people in America and People Magazine's "One to Watch" list for 2015.
Rae is also coming out with a book, "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl," which features a collection of short stories and essays about her life experiences. The book is set to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
In addition to her book and HBO Pilot, Rae has also created her own digital network, "Color Creative TV" that showcases original content created by minorities and people of color.
"CC.TV aims to increase opportunities for women and minority TV writers to showcase and sell their work, both inside and outside the existing studio system," Rae wrote on her site. "Sure, networks have diversity programs and initiatives set in place to combat the jarring homogeneity that is the writer's room, but those programs have yielded very few high-profile success stories. The lack of diversity among show creatives has resulted in decades of stock characters, like the sassy Black, Asian, Latino, or gay BFF, for example. We're more than that."
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