Yvonne Orji Developing Comedy For Disney+, Will Show Her Growing Up As A Nigerian Immigrant In America

January 14, 2021 by Demi Lobo in TV with 0 Comments

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Yvonne Orji Developing Comedy For Disney+, Will Show Her Growing Up As A Nigerian Immigrant In America

It hasn’t been a full day since Issa Rae announced the ending of HBO’s Insecure, and the show’s break-out star Yvonne Orji is announcing some news about a new project of her own.

The Emmy-nominated actress will be releasing a half-hour comedy on Disney+ that will dive into her roots as a Nigerian-born, first-generation American. The project is titled First Gen and is reportedly currently in development at 20th Television studio.

Yvonne Orji will serve as a writer of First Gen. she will also executive produce the project with Oprah Winfrey, Carla Gardini, and David Oyelowo.

First Gen will show her life growing up as a Nigerian immigrant in America, and how she honored her parents and culture while grasping on to American life.

Cast of ‘Insecure’

In 2020, Yvonne Orji received an Emmy nomination, her first, for Supporting Actress in a comedy series or her character Molly in HBO’s Insecure.

Yesterday (Jan. 13) after four seasons on HBO, Issa Rae announce that Insecure will come to its conclusion with the upcoming fifth season.

“Prentice and I are so grateful that HBO believed in our show from the beginning and kept faith in us to see our vision through the end.”

She added,

“We always planned to tell this story through five seasons, but we couldn’t have made it this far without the tremendous support of our audience. I feel blessed beyond measure to bring our characters’ stories to an end, on-screen at least.”

Issa Rae and Prentice Penny also tweeted about the news on social.

Reportedly, the fifth and final season of Insecure is expected to go into production later this month. The cast included Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales, and Alexander Hodge and is based on Issa Rae’s online series Awkward Black Girl.

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