![]() No news yet on when we’ll see the adaptation on the small screen. Jacobs-Jenkins is also executive producing along with Courtney Lee-Mitchell ( The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Darren Aronofsky ( mother!), Ari Handel ( One Strange Rock, Noah), Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields ( The Americans), Ernestine Walker, and Merrilee Heifetz. In addition to Johnson, FX’s Kindred stars Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan. ![]() Television is not a novel though - it won’t be an exact interpretation." He has enormous love and respect for the book and will do his best to be a trustworthy steward. "We also spoke at length and I believe he will write an intelligent, sensitive, and beautiful adaptation. As soon as I heard he was being considered, I went to see one of his plays and I was blown away," Merrilee Heifetz, the literary executor of Butler's estate told SYFY WIRE in March. "Branden, like Octavia, is a recipient of a MacArthur 'Genius' grant. The series also has the blessing of Octavia Butler’s estate. “The pilot directed by Janicza Bravo is brilliant, and we can’t wait to resume production with this incredibly talented and dedicated cast.” “Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has done a phenomenal job of adapting Kindred for FX and honoring the legacy and timeless value of Octavia Butler’s groundbreaking novel,” Nick Grad, President of Original Programming at FX, said today in a statement. The pilot, it seems, was well-received by the network. "Since my first encounter with the novel nearly two decades ago, there have been few, if any, books and even fewer authors who have meant as much to me as Kindred and Octavia Butler," said Jacobs-Jenkins in a statement back in March when FX greenlit the pilot, which was directed by Janicza Bravo ( Zola). Jacobs-Jenkins, who joined the project as showrunner and writer after working on Watchmen, penned the pilot script. The eight-episode series will revolve around Dana (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer in present-day Los Angeles who finds herself thrust back and forth through time to a nineteenth-century plantation that is linked to her family. The network broke the news today and shared the first image of the show (see above), ten months after FX picked up the project for a pilot episode in March 2021. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ television adaptation of Octavia Butler ’s award-winning 1979 sci-fi novel, Kindred, is moving forward at FX. The event is free and open to the public. Mini Bio (1) Brandon Butler is known for 32 Sounds (2022). Moderator Brandon Butler will frame the discussion with some context about the state of fair use law and policy, and the importance of fair use in the everyday lives of faculty and students at UVA. Learn how the doctrine of fair use impacts their lives, and yours, as critics, scholars, fans, and creators. of Music, will discuss the history and current state of sampling and remix in music. Carson, Assistant Professor of Hip Hop and the Global South, McIntire Dept. ![]() Butler worked on a variety of projects during his early. Jack Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, and A.D. Lowest Rated: 49 Shazam Fury of the Gods (2023) Renowned actor Ross Butler has held various roles in television. of Media Studies, will give a talk on the relationships between remix and copyright law. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Modern Media Studies, Dept. ![]() Steph Ceraso, Assistant Professor of Digital Writing and Rhetoric in the English Department at the University of Virginia, will describe her class on Remix, and her students will present their own critical remix videos. Find out who needs remix, and how well the law works in 2018. Remix takes existing media and alters or combines it with other media to create new meaning-a practice that copyright would dramatically hinder if it weren’t for fair use. UVA Library Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler will moderate a lively exchange between scholars, teachers, and students, discussing the state of media remix and re-use at UVA and the crucial role of free, unlicensed use of copyright-protected works (movies, songs, TV shows, etc.) for critique, commentary, and in some cases for making new creative work. Please join the Library in celebrating your rights, with a panel discussion “ The State of the Remix UVA,” Tuesday, February 27, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., in the auditorium of the Harrison Institute and Albert Small Special Collections Library. February 26–March 2 is Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, an annual global celebration of the right to use copyrighted material in certain instances without seeking permission.
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