*Adamma and Adanne Ebo have signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop, create, and produce series across various genres for all platforms.
The American-Nigerian twin sisters are known for their film “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul,” which sold at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Per the synopsis, the film is “a satirical comedy starring Regina Hall as Trinitie Childs – the proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, who together with her husband Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), once served a congregation in the tens of thousands. But after a scandal forces their church to temporarily close, Trinitie and Lee-Curtis must reopen their church and rebuild their congregation to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.”
The inspiration for the story came from the upbringing that the sisters had growing up in Atlanta during what they say felt like the height of Southern Baptist megachurch culture.
“There was so much about it that we really connected to, like the music,” Adamma said previosuly. “But a lot of the time, the messages felt pretty backward and archaic. So we were constantly dealing with the actuality and then also the healing benefits of being part of this community, while then also feeling, quite frankly, like this community wasn’t here for us. So we both spent time when we were divorced from organized religion, where it wasn’t a part of our lives anymore and we didn’t think it would be part of our future. But now we’re taking the aspects of it that benefit us, that we find the most fulfilling and can use for our own personal growth and happiness while continuing to speak out about the ills of it and the things that we think can be done better.”
The sisters are also known for their writing work on “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Batman: Caped Crusader,” and Adamma has directed for shows like “Atlanta” and “Swarm” and will work on “Poker Face” Season 2, Deadline reports.
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“Adamma and Adanne are dynamic and talented creators, and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Sony family,” Lauren Stein, Head of Creative, Sony Pictures Television Studios shared in a statement. “We are excited to support and explore their unique creative vision and storytelling in drama, comedy, and animation.”
The Ebo sisters added, “Sony is incredibly creator-forward, and for writers like us who have a ‘variety is the spice of life’ attitude for what we love to create and consume as avid TV lovers, partnering with the type of studio that truly supports creator-driven ideas is refreshing, creatively stimulating, and freeing. We can’t wait to make some really dope television with them.”
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