Exclusive: NBC has handed a script commitment plus penalty to Lewisburg, a drama inspired by the life of actor Gbenga Akinnagbe. The project hails from Akinnagbe, American Gothic creator/executive producer Corinne Brinkerhoff, Dan Lin’s Rideback, Craig Turk’s Thinking Hat, and CBS TV Studios.
Lewisburg stems from CBS TV Studios, Rideback and Thinking Hat’s Rideback/Thinking Hat Campfire writers room program. Akinnagbe is one of three participants in the 2020 installment of the initiative designed to guide creative voices into their first broadcast TV development, paired with experienced TV creatprs/showrunners based at CBS TV Studios. Akinnagbe developed Lewisburg working with Brinkerhoff, who will serve as showrunner on the potential series.
Written by Akinnagbe, Lewisburg follows a young man whose only way out of East Baltimore is his wrestling talent. When he accepts an offer to join the nationally ranked team at a university in central Pennsylvania,...
Lewisburg stems from CBS TV Studios, Rideback and Thinking Hat’s Rideback/Thinking Hat Campfire writers room program. Akinnagbe is one of three participants in the 2020 installment of the initiative designed to guide creative voices into their first broadcast TV development, paired with experienced TV creatprs/showrunners based at CBS TV Studios. Akinnagbe developed Lewisburg working with Brinkerhoff, who will serve as showrunner on the potential series.
Written by Akinnagbe, Lewisburg follows a young man whose only way out of East Baltimore is his wrestling talent. When he accepts an offer to join the nationally ranked team at a university in central Pennsylvania,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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