The View's Sunny Hostin launches a production company for diverse voices, will produce a TV series based on her new novel

Variety

Hostin's Roots & Wings Productions will focus on characters long neglected in Hollywood. “I want to make sure that someone watches and knows that seeing an Afro Latina journalist on screen is a possibility,” Hostin tells Variety. Her first show will be based on her novel Summer on the Bluffs, released today, for ABC Signature and Octavia Spencer’s production company. Summer on the Bluffs focuses on “beach communities that African Americans were historically known to be able to summer at," says Hostin. “I’m humbled to have the backing of a company like Disney,” Hostin said. “We’re going to create really intentional premium and diverse content together that centers on women and people of color, as well as people in the LGBTQ+ community — stories that I think will be fresh and that you haven’t seen before.”