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Jaboukie Young-White and Issa Rae team for The Gang’s All Queer drama series adaptation for HBO
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The Daily Show correspondent will write and serve as executive producer on a half-hour series adaptation of Vanessa R. Panfil’s novel The Gang’s All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members, with Rae serving as executive producer. The untitled series revolves around a closeted 20-something in Chicago who, grieving a gang-related death, ditches college to find reckless closure. Young-White, who came out as gay during an appearance on The Tonight Show in 2017, has written for American Vandal and Big Mouth.
TOPICS: Jaboukie Young-White, HBO, Untitled Jaboukie Young-White Series, Issa Rae, Vanessa R. Panfil, In Development
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