FX Nabs Adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's 'Kindred' John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Joshua Zuckerman Photography The Disney-owned cabler has ordered a pilot based on the influential novel, with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins writing the script. FX is adapting one of the most influential novels of the past 50 years. The Disney-owned cable network has ordered a pilot for Kindred, based on the book by Octavia E. Butler. Playwright and Watchmen consulting producer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is writing the script and will executive produce Courtney Lee-Mitchell, who holds rights to the book, Darren Aronofsky (via his Protozoa Pictures) and The Americans creators Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields. FX Productions is the studio.