{"id":21987,"date":"2021-12-01T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:15:02","slug":"disney-branded-tv-orders-marsai-martin-coming-of-age-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-branded-tv-orders-marsai-martin-coming-of-age-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Branded TV Orders Marsai Martin Coming-of-Age Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Branded Television has ordered <em>Saturdays<\/em>, a new roller-skating coming-of-age comedy series from actress and producer Marsai Martin (<em>black-ish<\/em>, <em>Little<\/em>) and her Genius Productions company.<\/p>\n<p>The series centers on teenage Paris Johnson, who lives and breathes roller-skating and spends her weekends at the neon-lit roller-rink Saturdays. Throughout the series, she works to become a Golden\u2014a member of the rink&#8217;s skating elite.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Jalade (<em>Yes Day<\/em>) stars in the lead role, alongside cast members Omar Gooding (<em>Family Time<\/em>), Golden Brooks (<em>Girlfriends<\/em>), Jermaine Harris (<em>The Map of Tiny Perfect Things<\/em>) and Daria Johns (<em>Nappily Ever After<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Saturdays<\/em> will be executive produced by creator and writer Norman Vance Jr. (<em>Roll Bounce<\/em>, <em>Girlfriends<\/em>), Marsai Martin, Nicole Dow and Joshua and Carol Martin (<em>Little<\/em>). Marsai, Joshua and Carol Martin founded Genius Productions to create compelling stories for television, features and digital. Marsai became the youngest person ever to executive produce a major studio feature film with <em>Little<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Production for\u00a0<em>Saturdays<\/em> is scheduled to begin in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re thrilled to be in business with Marsai, Norman, Nicole, Joshua and Carol in bringing this adventure to our viewers,\u201d said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television. \u201cWe know that audiences will fall in love with Paris, her friends and her family as they share in the love, laughter and music in this fun-filled world of roller-skating.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Branded Television has ordered Saturdays, a new roller-skating coming-of-age comedy series from actress and producer Marsai Martin (black-ish, Little) and her Genius Productions company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5750,6296,5945],"class_list":["post-21987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney-branded-television","tag-genius-productions","tag-marsai-martin","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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