A Fermanagh writer has struck a deal with streaming service Disney + to create her own original programme.
The programme will be on of three new scripts released by Disney +.
Emma Moran will write eight 25 minute episodes of her own series called Extraordinary.
Extraordinary follows Jen, a young, self-aware woman who lives in a world where everyone has a superpower… except her.
From BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Peabody Award-winning production company Sid Gentle Films, this is a fresh, innovative comedy about being young and finding your feet in a confusing world, when all you’ll ever be is ‘ordinary’.
Extraordinary is a celebration of the anti-superhero, giving people permission to embrace their general okay-ness.
Extraordinary is executive produced by Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris (Killing Eve) and Charles Dawson, and created by Moran, a stand-out debut writer with an utterly distinctive voice.
Emma Moran, Series Creator, commented: “It's somewhere between a sitcom and an existential crisis. This is young, female and fresh. It’s a story about real life and real identity crises - it just happens to be set in a world where superpowers exist. This show is uniquely British but with universal themes: everyone can relate to the feeling that we don’t quite measure up.”
Sally Woodward Gentle, Executive Producer, commented: “Emma Moran is Extraordinary. An extraordinary new writer with a brilliantly distinctive and ingenious voice. This genre curve-ball will chime with the crises everyone carries with them through their neuroses fuelled lives. We love it and are delighted that Liam and the team at Disney+ are behind us.”
Three UK productions have been confirmed for Disney+; one Disney-branded and two Star-branded originals that will add a diverse range of new stories and exciting voices to Disney+, alongside the iconic entertainment brands subscribers know and love. Spanning a wide range of genres, commissions include a swashbuckling family adventure, an electrifying heist drama and an innovative comedy series.
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