Draft:Cookies & Milk (TV series)
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| Cookies & Milk | |
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| Based on | Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos |
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| Story by | Brian Egeston |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Production company | Disney Television Animation |
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| Network | TBA |
Cookies & Milk is a upcoming animated series, based on the debut novel of blues musician Shawn Amos, with Laurence Fishburne as an executive producer.[1] The series will premiere on an unnamed Disney Branded Television platform.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Tells the story of a black boy named Ellis Johnson who helps his possibly magical, and optimistic, father, open a cookie shop in Hollywood, California in the 1970s.[4][1][5]
Production
[edit]In May 2022, Disney Branded Television announced the series development, with Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland, of Cinema Gypsy Productions,[6] as executive producers. Jesse Murphy and James Sears Bryant of Jesse James Films, and Shawn Amos will also be executive producers.[2][7][8] Brian Egeston is a co-executive producer and story editor.[4] Disney Television Animation will be producing the series.[2][9]
The animated series is based on the debut semi-autobiographical middle grade novel of Shawn Amos of the same name, which focuses on his own life experience as the son of Wallace “Wally” Amos, Jr..[10][11] It is also set to join other Disney products based on books, like the Superfudge animated feature film and live-action Paola Santiago and the River of Tears series.[12] A specific release date has not yet been announced.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bastos, Margarida (May 7, 2022). "'Cookies & Milk' Animated Series Set at Disney For Shawn Amos' Forthcoming Book". Collider. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c Pinto, Jordan (June 5, 2022). "Disney Branded TV to serve up series adaptation of Cookies & Milk novel". C21Media. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Cecilia (May 5, 2022). "'Cookies & Milk,' Animated Series Based on the Forthcoming Book by Shawn Amos, in the Works at Disney From Laurence Fishburne's Cinema Gypsy Productions and Jesse James Films" (Press release). Disney Branded Television. Archived from the original on October 6, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Del Rosario, Alexandra (May 5, 2022). "'Cookies & Milk': Disney Developing Animated Series Based On Shawn Amos Novel, Laurence Fishburne To EP Via Cinema Gypsy Banner". Deadline. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ Jones, Steve (November 20, 2022). "Shawn Amos – Cookies & Milk Book Review". Blues Blast Magazine. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Bowen, Bliss (June 23, 2022). "Blues musician Shawn Amos turns to books". Pasadena Weekly. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Laurence Fishburne's production company recently announced a deal with Disney to develop "Cookies & Milk" into an animated series.
- ^ Chandler, Stacy; Chandler, Nora (May 27, 2022). "Shawn Amos Weaves Music and Memories Through Middle-Grades Novel 'Cookies & Milk' + Album". The Journal of Roots Music: No Depression. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Earlier this month, Disney Television Animation announced it is making an original animated series from the book, with Amos and actor Laurence Fishburne among the executive producers.
- ^ Chandler, Stacy; Chandler, Nora (May 27, 2022). "Lawrence Fishburne Doc Rivers". FX Networks. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Up next, Fishburne is an executive producer on a new TV series Cookies & Milk and will voice act in Sneaks with producer Helen Sugland from Cinema Gypsy.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (May 5, 2022). "Shawn Amos Book 'Cookies & Milk' Gets Animated Series from Disney, Laurence Fishburne's Cinema Gypsy and Jesse James Films". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ "Rights Report - Week of June 22, 2020". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ "Newly Published, From Cookie Stores to Jean Rhys". The New York Times. June 22, 2022. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ Bharanidharan, Sadhana (May 6, 2022). "Disney serves up Cookies & Milk adaptation". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.