Lamar Richardson and Zaire Julion-Richardson’s Ivy Lion Productions Unveils TV Development Slate
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the July 26 release of The Fabulous Four, the first feature co-produced through new multimedia production company Ivy Lion Productions, Lamar Richardson and Zaire Julion-Richardson have offered a window into their development slate moving forward on the television front.
First on the slate is Freeman Ranch, a project created by Queen Sugar scribe Yves Beneche, who also penned the pilot. Set in the present day, the show chronicles the riveting saga of the Reeves family, who run the first Black-owned ranch in Texas, as they navigate family feuds, personal struggles, and fight to preserve their legacy against outside forces trying to strip it away.
The second project, TV drama pilot The Queen of Magic from Roxanne Beck Raye, is based on the true story of the most successful woman magician of the 20th century, Dell O’Dell.
Third up is Dead Hero, a black epic fantasy penned by Charles II that has Wendell Pierce attached to star. This show is about a misguided young man’s quest to escape the Underworld on a mission to reclaim his life’s purpose in the land of the living.
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