Michaela Coel is to star in a hard-hitting new project named ‘January 22nd.’
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The HBO TV series (which was created by the Ghanaian actress/writer) will deliver 12-episode episodes about sexual consent with help from Weruche Opia (Inside No9), Paapa Essiedu (Kiri) Aml Ameen (Yardie), Adam James (Belgravia), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe) and Ann Aikin (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams).
Filming has already kicked off in London and will is set to dominate HBO’s programming schedule in 2020.
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will sell it globally, excluding the UK and Ireland, where it will be distributed by BBC Studios.
HBO is elated with the show’s arrival…
It’s been thrilling to be a part of bringing Michaela’s vision to life. She writes with such intimacy and immediacy about how we treat one another, while always surprising us with moments of levity.