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In 2020, HBO and Warner Bros. announced that they would be developing a film about Ibi Zoboi. pride It was made into a series, but ultimately never materialized. After the option expired, Netflix jumped at the chance to turn the title into a film, and it is currently in early development at Netflix with Alloy Entertainment and President Obama’s Higher Ground Productions producing.
We first learned of the project’s existence in early August 2024, when it was considered to be in a very early stage of development. Therefore, we have refrained from making any reports. Today, Deadline first reported that the film is in production.
Ibi Zoboi’s novel Pride was first published in September 2018 and has been called a “remix” of Pride and Prejudice in that it is an adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel with a “timely update.” There is. The goal of the update is to include contemporary issues such as cultural identity, classics, and gentrification. Zoboi is also known for other novels. american street, punch the air, Black Enough: The Story of Being Young and Black in Americaand Starchild: Octavia Biography Constellation Estelle Butler.
Karen Joseph Adcock (bear) is writing the adaptation, which falls under a major overall deal between Netflix and President Obama’s production company. They have worked on numerous screenplays and documentary titles for Netflix. Clip Camp: Disabled Revolution, Becomeand american factory. Alloy Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television, is best known for franchises such as: gossip girl, pretty little liarsand the vampire diaries.
The official synopsis of the novel is as follows:
“Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and Afro-Latinx roots. But it takes pride to keep her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from going unrecognized. As if that wasn’t enough, the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, and Zuri has two teenage sons, even though her older sister Janae is starting to fall for the attractive Ainsley. She especially cannot stand Darius, who is critical and arrogant. However, after Zuri and Darius have to find common ground, they come to an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications at hand, Zuri is changing in Bushwick. fighting to find their place in the landscape or lose everything.”
News of this film adaptation comes just a week after it was reported that Netflix was also in development. pride and prejudice TV series (we just announced our dream cast today). Before that, Netflix was scheduled to release a project called . netherfield girls starring Never Have I Evers Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, but his development has been silent since 2021.
