The White Lotus and Insecure star Natasha Rothwell is ready to star in and co-showrun her personal collection on Hulu, as Onyx Collective has introduced they’ve greenlit her comedy collection, How to Die Alone.
According to the streamer, How to Die Alone will observe Melissa, “a fat, black, neurotic woman who has never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on a journey to becoming ‘100 percent that bitch’ in real life by any means necessary.”
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The present has a straight-to-series order, and the primary season could have an eight-episode run. Vera Santamaria, who beforehand produced on one other Hulu present, PEN15, is ready to co-showrun the collection.
Rothwell has an total cope with each Onyx Collective and ABC Signature, and this will probably be their first mission collectively. Onyx Collective was launched in 2021 by Tara Duncan with a purpose of highlighting and championing the work of underrepresented voices.
Duncan can be president of Freeform, Disney’s cable community for youthful audiences. Onyx has signed total offers with a formidable roaster thus far, together with Ryan Coogler, Destin Daniel Cretton, and Prentice Penny. Their first scripted drama is Reasonable Doubt, produced by Kerry Washington.
Rothwell was not too long ago nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Emmy in a Limited Series for her efficiency as Belinda within the first season of The White Lotus, and beforehand performed Issa’s (Issa Rae) shut good friend Kelli in Insecure. How to Die Alone will mark her transition from supporting to main roles.
Rothwell additionally wrote and produced on Insecure, and has writing credit on Saturday Night Live, Love, Simon, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Wonder Woman 1984.
No launch date is ready but, however keep tuned for extra info.
How to Die Alone, TBD, Hulu