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Garnes replaces Sarah Bremner, who is leaving for a personal hiatus Tim Baysinger | July 29, 2021 @ 3:00 PM Ava DuVernay has promoted her longtime producing partner Paul Garnes to president of Array Filmworks. Array Filmworks is the content side of DuVernay’s Array, the multiplatform arts and social impact collective. Garnes had most recently served as head of physical production. Garnes replaces Sarah Bremner, who is leaving to take a personal hiatus. “Sarah is a thoughtful executive who...

DCs Naomi Ordered to Series at The CW The CW has officially found its latest DC Comics superhero. On Monday, it was announced that Naomi has officially been picked up for a series order for the network. The series, which is inspired by the recent DC Comics miniseries of the same name, will join new reboots of The 4400 and All American. The series, which is being written and executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Arrow writer Jill Blankenship, will follow Naomis (Kaci Walfall) journey after ...

Things are moving fast for The CW’s next DC comics-based entrant into the Arrowverse. Only a few short weeks after announcing the full cast for Naomi; one that includes star Kaci Walfall (who is best known as Nala in Broadway’s stage version of The Lion King), DC is sharing a first look of Walfall in costume — and it’s a picture-perfect capture of a Naomi comic book cover. Walfall’s teenage superhero strikes a pose taken straight from the comics series’ inaugural issue, charting...

Naomi: The CW Releases Official Look at Kaci Walfalls Naomi McDuffie Posted on Brian Michael Bendis and Jamal Campbell), award-winner Jill Blankenships Naomi shared a first look at Kaci Walfall as Naomi McDuffie. Following a teen girls journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse, a supernatural event shakes Naomis hometown to the core, inspiring her to uncover its origins- and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes. And if you...

April 30, 2021 Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay took to Twitter to share the first official image from The CW’s upcoming series adaptation of DC Comics’ Naomi, featuring our first look at lead star Kaci Walfall as the titular teen hero. The photo obviously pays homage to the character’s first comic book cover in 2019, which was illustrated by artist Jamal Campbell. The network hasn’t given the project an official series order yet, but production on its pilot is still currently u...

Ava DuVernay to adapt Wings of Fire as Netflix animated series UPI News Service, 04/20/2021  Ava DuVernay will adapt the fantasy book series Wings of Fire for Netflix. ADVERTISEMENT Netflix said Tuesday that it ordered an animated series based on the Tui T. Sutherland book series. Wings of Fire hails from DuVernay and her Array Filmworks, along with Warner Bros. Animation. DuVernay has been developing the project for over a year, according to Deadline. The new show will consist ...

Naomi: Ava DuVernay Reveals Best Look Yet at The CWs New DC Pilot ✖ The CWs roster of superhero shows is continuing to grow and evolve in some interesting ways, and it could soon get another addition to it in the form of Naomi. The potential series, which would follow the new DC Comics superhero of the same name, was given a pilot order last fall, and filming on it is now underway. After sharing a behind-the-scenes image earlier this month, co-writer and executive producer Ava DuVernay has g...

Ava DuVernay Shares First Look at DCs Naomi Pilot ✖ The world of DC Comics TV adaptations has evolved in some major ways over the years, with both well-known characters and lesser-known heroes making their way to the small screen. One of the latest potential series to join that roster is Naomi, which was given a pilot order by The CW. Ava DuVernay, who co-developed the project, recently took to Twitter to share one major milestone — a look at the first day of filming on the pilot episode. ...

(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Bendis reacted on social media to the initial news of DuVernay developing the series, tweeting in December 2020, “I cannot find the right gif to properly express my over the top joy. I guess I’ll just have to use words and stuff! YAY!!!” Walfall will co-star alongside three series regulars,  Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson, and newcomer  Camila Moreno.  Deadline shared character descriptions of their characters: Walfall’s Naomi has been ...

The CWs roster of DC Comics-inspired shows continues to grow in some compelling ways, with the latest potential series among them set to be Naomi. The series, which was confirmed to be in development by The CW late last year, recently received a pilot order, meaning were one step closer to [...]