Well, don’t blame us if we keep hyping our own. Call it reflected glory but we sure love to read about Nigerians whether living at home or in diaspora making waves in their chosen career.
And the latest is Vixen star Megalyn Echikunwoke who is set to co-lead opposite Brittany Snow in Fox’s drama pilot based on the Endemol Shine Australia series Sisters, according to Deadline Hollywood.
The project, which is yet to get a name, follows Julia Bechley (Snow), an only child who finds her life turned upside down when her father is forced to reveal that over the course of his pioneering career as a fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children.
As she dutifully begins to track down her emerging group of siblings, among a sea of brothers, Julia discovers only two sisters – both of whom quickly become a part of her now redefined family. Echikunwoke will play one of the two sisters, Edie, a successful criminal defence attorney.
The story is written by Annie Weisman. Leslye Headland will direct the pilot. Weisman will also executive produces with Headland, True Jack’s Katims and Jeni Mulein, Banks and Endemol Shine North America president Sharon Levy. Universal produces in association with Endemol Shine North America.
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