Blonde Mamba Teams With Emmy Nominated Kari Skogland on ‘An Innocent Fashion’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Blonde Mamba, the next-gen manufacturing home led by Amelia Baker and Mackenzie Munro, is partnering with Kari Skogland’s Mad Rabbit banner to develop “An Harmless Trend,” an adaptation of R.J. Hernández’s debut novel.
Skogland, who was Emmy nominated and gained a BAFTA for guiding “The Handmaid’s Story” and is now directing Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” for Disney Plus, optioned the novel, and is connected as showrunner and government producer on the mission. Baker and Munro are producing.
Billed as a youthful, lighter and extra intersectional “The Satan Wears Prada” meets Brett Easton Ellis’ “Glamorama,” “An Harmless Trend” follows the approaching of age of Elián San Jamar – a sexually fluid Cuban-American from a working-class background in Corpus Christi, Texas. Altering his title to Ethan St. James, Elián graduates Yale and heads to New York Metropolis – the place he confronts the truth of the millennial fairytale by means of a cut-throat internship at a prestigious style title. The biting fact of his ennui and the truth of the constraints his background locations on him catch as much as Ethan as he navigates the style world within the “Age of Woke.”
Hernández has been hailed as “a diamond-sharp satirist and a bracingly recent chronicler of the heartbreak of attempting to develop up” by Kirkus Opinions, and the Washington Submit described the novel as a “portrait of postgraduate millennial dishevelment [which] rings true.”
OUT Journal described the novel as “a haunting exploration of non-public model, class divisions, and psychological well being saturated within the sensual imagery of New York’s ritziest nightclubs and unabashed private self-importance.”
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Baker and Munro stated in a press release: “Hernandez’s guide is an unique and compelling exploration of the American dream by means of a millennial lens – tackling the realities of privilege and sophistication with biting humor and irresistible aptitude. We’re thrilled to be engaged on this adaptation along with Kari on the helm.”
Skogland added: “We’re very excited to carry Hernández’s well timed story to the display in collaboration with Amelia and Mackenzie who present a recent imaginative and prescient as voices of a brand new technology.”
Blonde Mamba, which goals to supply initiatives that resonate with a Gen Z viewers, has developed content material for platforms corresponding to Snapchat Uncover and Fb Watch. Not too long ago introduced initiatives embrace characteristic movie “The Artwork of Love,” an adaptation of Betsy Franco’s novel produced with Nic Sheff (“Lovely Boy,” “13 Causes Why”), and government produced by Skogland, and “Fangirl,” an unique comedy developed with and government produced by Jen Welter – the primary feminine coach within the NFL.
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Hilda Workman - Hilda Workman is a licensed financial advisor with years of expertise in the industry. She has assisted a range of clients, from sole proprietors to large corporations, in reaching their financial objectives. She is informed about many different financial subjects, including tax preparation, investment planning and also in fashion. She believes that the best things are those that are imperfect.
