And it's probably safe to say that this practice will continue with Dawn as well. It is refreshing to see someone in a position of power lifting up and championing other women of color. Both seasons of Queen Sugar were directed entirely by women- a welcome site in an industry where diversity is still lacking. In casting Storm Reid in the film and making the Murray family mixed race with parents played by Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw DuVernay has opened the world of science fiction to a wider audience, giving more young girls a role model than ever before.ĭuVernay is also the creator and executive producer of the show Queen Sugar which was recently picked up for a third season. She is also the director of the highly anticipated film adaptation of A Wrinkle In Timeset for release in 2018. This will not be DuVernay's first foray into the world of adapting a beloved science fiction property. Recipient of the Locus, Hugo and Nebula awards, and a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work, in 1995 she became the first science- fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship. The first science fiction writer to ever receive the MacArthur Fellowship, Butler transcended the conventions of her chosen genre, exploring issues of empathy, social normativity, self-destruction, conservation, and tribalism. BUTLER (19472006) was the renowned author of numerous ground-breaking novels, including Kindred, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. By this point she had been writing challenging science fiction novels for a decade, and her writing craft and ideas had reached a high level. Related: Netflix & Ava DuVernay Developing Central Park Five Limited Series Born on June 22, 1947, Octavia Butler was a groundbreaking writer in American letters. Dawn (1987) is the first book in Octavia Butler’s XENOGENESIS trilogy, written after her PATTERNIST series. They will also be joined by producer Allen Bain who has been working on bringing Butler's work to the small screen since 2015.

King's media company Macro. DuVernay and King will executive produce the series with a script by Mahoney. According to Deadline, the Dawn adaptation will be a joint venture between director and producer Ava DuVernay, director/writer Victoria Mahoney, and Charles D.

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