Thursday, March 28, 2024

Lena Waithe Developing Open-Marriage Drama Series for Amazon Studios

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*Lena Waithe is developing a drama series about open marriages with Amazon Studios. 

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the project has the working title “Open,” and should it move forward, the series would be the first to tackle the subject of nontraditional marriages. 

“I’ve never been in an open marriage, but it’s fascinating to me,” Waithe told THR. “We live in a world where, if I told you I cheated on my wife, you would be like, ‘Yeah, that’s the way it goes.’ But if I told you that I’m in an open marriage, it would be as if I told you I’m joining the Church of Scientology.” 

Waithe signed a deal with the streaming platform back in 2019, and “Open” will be the latest in a slate of projects under her deal. The Emmy-winning writer/actress is also developing a horror anthology series titled “Them: Covenant,” which “follows a Black couple and their move to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood—where the picturesque street masks malevolent forces both real and supernatural,” per Complex.  

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“Society has such a conservative way of looking at marriage,” Waithe told THR while discussing Open. “I do think that we as a nation need to reevaluate what marriage looks like for us as a country—because whatever we have right now, it ain’t working.”

In related news, Waite and her rumored girlfriend Cynthia Erivo are collaborating on the upcoming musical drama “Talent Show” from Universal Pictures. 

The story hails from Duane Adler, the writer behind “Step Up,” and follows a “failed songwriter who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at-risk youth in their annual talent show.”

In addition to writing the final script, Waithe will serve as executive producer and Gandja Monteiro will direct, Complex reports. 

George Tillman Jr. and Robert Teitel will produce for their State Street Pictures.

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