Setting up shop at NBCUniversal after more than a decade at 20th Century Fox, where she created ABC's series, Nahnatchka Khan is kicking off her next era with a somewhat surprising passion project: a sitcom based on the childhood of Dwayne"The Rock" Johnson.
premieres Feb. 16 on NBC. Via Zoom in February, Khan opened up about the notes she gets from Johnson, showcasing queer and Middle Eastern experiences, and plans to collaborate with her wife.He sends amazing audio notes. I've got a lot of audio messages from him going through the scripts and talking through stories. It's the best way to get notes from Dwayne.Young Rock. There's so much opportunity there.
when I was a kid, and I didn't quite know why. When you don't have your exact representation anywhere, you make it fit. As queer people, you can put yourself into straight rom-coms, into straight storylines you can imagine — whereas the people that those movies and shows are made for probably don't have the reverse experience. When you're used to tailoring it for your purposes, that's something that I have done my whole life.
was born from that. I wanted to tell stories about this wild character [played by Krysten Ritter] living in New York who apologizes to nobody, who had the morals of a pirate, and you just wanted to be with her. There is something compelling about that.
TheRock Love her. Fresh Off The Boat is still one of the most brilliant funny things on TV. And Dont Trust the B**** in Apt 23 was so underrated. I loved it so much.
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