#WildSeed: is developing an adaptation of the #OctaviaButler novel at Amazon, scripted by and The latter will also direct. With their idea for a TV series, and the Butler estate’s blessings, the project was taken to the marketplace, with multiple bids.” “JuVee had pursued the rights to the book for over two years, but it wasn’t until they identified rising talent Kahiu, who was tipped to direct as well as write the pilot with her friend and colleague Okorafor, that the vision became clear on how to turn the beloved book into a TV show. Now Viola Davis and her JuVee Productions partner Julius Tennon are working on bringing Butler’s Wild Seed to life after the author’s estate handed over the rights.Īccording to, Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu’s rising visibility was the incentive for the project finally going into production. Although her 1987 novel Dawn is being adapted into a television series by director Ava DuVernay and actor-filmmaker Victoria Mahoney, it has been several years since the announcement, with no further details, according to the website Book Riot. As a multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, she became (in 1995) the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.ĭespite this, adaptations of her work have not made it onto the small or big screen. Octavia Estelle Butler was an African-American author of science fiction who died in 2006.
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