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Subject Ava DuVernay, 'Queen Sugar' Executive Producer Teaming for TNT Labor-Union Drama
Date November 11, 2019 1:00 AM
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PORTSIDE CULTURE

AVA DUVERNAY, 'QUEEN SUGAR' EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TEAMING FOR TNT
LABOR-UNION DRAMA  
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Rick Porter
November 6, 2019
Hollywood Reporter
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_ Kat Candler will write the Texas-set project about a woman who
leads the state's biggest strike. _

Ava DuVernay (left), Kat Candler, Getty Images (2)

 

Kat Candler will write the Texas-set project about a woman who leads
the state's biggest strike.

Ava DuVernay has lined up another project at a WarnerMedia outlet as
part of her overall deal with the company.

DuVernay and former _Queen Sugar_ showrunner Kat Candler are
developing a drama about a Texas labor activist for TNT. The project
comes from DuVernay's ARRAY Filmworks and Warner Horizon Scripted
Television, a division of Warner Bros. TV Group, where DuVernay signed
a rich overall deal
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last year. 

The as-yet-untitled drama, which Candler is writing, is described as a
modern-day _Norma Rae_. It centers on a struggling young wife and
mother who, after an oil refinery explosion takes the life of an old
friend, will go on to lead one of the biggest union strikes in Texas
history.

Candler was the showrunner for season three of OWN's _Queen
Sugar_ after having served as the show's producing director during
the second season. She also has written several episodes of the show
and directed installments of _13 Reasons Why, Sorry for Your
Loss_ and season two of _Dirty John_, along with the feature
film _Hellion_.

DuVernay, meanwhile, is coming off Netflix's Emmy-winning
miniseries _When They See Us_ and is in production on the romance
anthology _Cherish the Day_
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OWN (both of which also come from Warner Horizon). She also is
executive producing a pilot based on DC Comics property DMZ for HBO
Max. _Queen Sugar_ finished its fourth season in September and has
been renewed for a fifth
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TNT's scripted lineup is in flux as WarnerMedia gears up for the May
launch of HBO Max and sorts out which shows fit at which of its
properties. The cable network is home to _Animal Kingdom,
Claws_ (which is ending
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its upcoming fourth season) and _The Alienist_ sequel _Angel of
Darkness_. The drama _Snowpiercer_ will also finally air on TNT in
2020 after an aborted move to TBS, while Ridley Scott's sci-fi
drama _Raised by Wolves_
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initially developed for the network, is headed to HBO Max.

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