Gabrielle Union Developing ‘The Sisters Are Alright’ Reality TV-Themed Dramedy Series Based On Book

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EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions and Katie and Mauricio Mota’s Wise Entertainment have optioned Tamara Winfrey-Harris’ award-winning book The Sisters Are Alrig…

to develop as a 30-minute dramedy for television. Writer and former Wise development executive Sonja Perryman is attached to pen the series adaptation.dramedy follows the real lives of three childhood best friends whose worlds are turned upside down after they agree to be part of a reality series calledThe idea is to explore the duality of the women striving to make their dreams come true while surviving the brutal world of reality TV.

“After reading Tamera’s book, I was inspired to create a show that examines the suffocating and often dangerous stereotypes that Black women have been up against for centuries, and I thought reality TV would be the perfect metaphor to do so,” said Perryman. “Our show addresses these issues in a fun and entertaining way, while always centering sisterhood — a powerful refuge for so many Black women, myself included.

both of which she’s producing through I’ll Have Another Productions. Union is repped by CAA, Range Media and attorney Patti Felker of Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.

 

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Hope she will make the fans of the original series happier then the fans of the idea of you. Since her production company are planning to dumb down & ruin the whole integrity of an already amazing book 😞 SaveSolène DontRuinTheIdeaOfYou

Sounds wonderful. Hope the integrity of the story will remain. Right now her production company’s decision to do a rewrite on a fan favorite, written by a WoC, depicts Hollywood’s ongoing inability to champion the vision of black creatives. DontRuinTheIdeaOfYou SaveSolene

Hope she sticks to the story and it doesn’t end up in a travesty like they’re doing to The Idea Of You DontRuinTheIdeaOfYou savesolene

Is she planning to destroy it like dontruintheideaofyou? savesolene

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