Deadline is reporting that Starz has given a pilot green light to half-hour comedy Run the World, which has cast Amber Stevens West (The Carmichael Show) and Bresha Webb (Marlon) as two of its four leads. The project hails from Boomerang writer Leigh Davenport, Dear White People co-showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser and Lionsgate TV where Bowser is under an overall deal.
Created, written and executive produced by Davenport, Run the World is the story of a group of four black, vibrant, fiercely loyal best friends who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. At its core, it’s an unapologetically female show about friendship and not only surviving — but thriving together.
West will play Whitney, the kind of woman who’s so perfect it’s driving her insane. She’s a type-A investment banker, who never misses a SoulCycle class, and is on track to marry the love of her life… if she can forget the other guy she just woke up with…
Webb will play Renee, a walking firecracker of cynicism and in-your-face realness. She’s ready to go to war for her girls and her beliefs and she’s not exactly concerned about collateral damage.
Bowser executive produces via her Lionsgate TV-based SisterLee Productions. The comedy, whose title was likely inspired by Beyonce’s anthem, had been on fact-track development at Starz,
West, recently seen in ABC’s Emmy-winning Live In Front of a Studio Audience, is best known for her role opposite Jerrod Carmichael on NBC’s The Carmichael Show. She also starred in Ghosted on Fox and Happy Together opposite Damon Wayans Jr. on CBS.
Webb starred opposite Marlon Wayans on comedy series Marlon, which aired on NBC for two seasons. She will next be seen in A Fall From Grace.
Bowser is executive producer and co-showrunner on Netflix’s Dear White People, recently renewed for a fourth and final season by Netflix. She previously created Living Single and also worked on black-ish, For Your Love, Lipstick Jungle and A Different World. Davenport is a writer on BET’s Boomerang and penned the feature script The Perfect Find, which has Gabrielle Union attached to star.
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