The critically acclaimed 2018 film tackling gentrification in Oakland, starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, is being developed as a half-hour Starz dramedy with Jones reprising her role from the movie. According to Variety, "the series centers on Ashley, who was nipping at the heels of a middle class life in Oakland until Miles (Casal), her partner of 12 years and father of their son, is suddenly incarcerated, leaving her to navigate a chaotic and humorous existential crisis when she’s forced to move in with Miles’ mother and half-sister. Her world is turned upside down while the neighborhood goes inside out, and she must renegotiate her relationship with a town that is caught between two conflicting identities." Diggs and Casal, who co-wrote the movie, will write and executive produce the series. Blindspotting was listed as one of Barack Obama's favorite films of 2018.
TOPICS: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Starz, Blindspotting, Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, In Development