Zoë Kravitz will be starring in Phatty Patty, an animated series from writer India Sage Wilson (CW’s Dynasty). Kravitz will also serve as executive producer via her production company This Is Important. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios will produce the project.
According to Deadline, Phatty Patty is based on Wilson’s life experience growing up as a bi-racial girl, trying to find her place in the world. During the early 2000s, at the height of Britney vs. Christina, 9-year-old Patty Palecki’s dreams of stardom are crushed when she discovers Mick Jagger is not her biological father. Inspired by Wilson’s own journey toward self-acceptance as a biracial girl in a predominantly white community, the series chronicles Patty; a fourth-grader fresh out of f*cks to give, on her quest to shine brighter than her light up Sketchers.
No word yet on which network the show will land, but according to Deadline, it will be shopped around to streaming platforms this week.
Westbrook Studios Co-President, Head of Television Terence Carter and David Boorstein will executive produce the series on behalf of Westbrook alongside Kravitz, and Wilson. Matthew Tinker (The Undoing) and Annakate Chappell (Big Sky) also executive produce.
Kravitz, known for her work in big screen franchises such as Mad Max and Fantastic Beasts and in the Emmy-winning series Big Little Lies, most recently starred in and executive produced the series adaptation of High Fidelity for Hulu. Next up, Kravitz will star as Catwoman in Matt Reeves and Warner Bros.’ upcoming 2022 film The Batman, and also will star in the HBO Max Original feature Kimi, with Steven Soderbergh directing. Kravitz also co-wrote and will make her feature directorial debut with genre thriller Pussy Island.
Wilson’s feature, Little Witches is in development at MiMo Studios. Tinker produced HBO’s The Undoing and Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers. He is currently executive producing Love And Death for HBO Max, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons. Chappell is writing the Untitled Paris Project for TriStar Studios, based on the hit single “Paris” by the Chainsmokers, and is a writer on ABC’s Big Sky.
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