Multihyphenate Michaela Coel has done it all, from TV to film to publishing her own book.
She made a home at HBO with her provocative series I May Destroy You which riveted audiences everywhere. She’s back with the award-winning network to co-produce a new series in partnership with both HBO and BBC called First Day On Earth.
Here’s what we know:
The series is starring and written by multi-award winner Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum, I May Destroy You) and Coel will serve as executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, in association with A24.
The story is about a British novelist named Henri (Michaela Coel), who is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she’s offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa – her parents’ homeland, where her estranged father lives – she can’t resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage.
But when she arrives neither the job nor her father turn out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity – one that might leave her stronger, but could also break her.
In a quote to press about the show Coel said the following: “I am delighted to be working with VAL, HBO and the BBC again, and to partner with A24; thanks to all of their combined taste, care and expertise, I feel our show is in great hands. First Day On Earth is another very personal story for me which I hope will engage viewers from all over the world, and I can’t wait for audiences to go on Henri’s journey with her.”
Filming for the impending HBO/BBC series is scheduled to begin next year.
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