Michaela Coel will write and star in her new BBC drama ‘First Day on Earth’.
In her first TV drama because the award-winning collection ‘I Might Destroy You’ in 2020, the actress and filmmaker may also government produce the 10-part collection for the BBC, which can start filming subsequent 12 months.
The present will observe British novelist Henri, performed by Michaela, who strikes to Ghana for a job and in an try and reconnect along with her estranged father.
Michaela stated in an announcement to the BBC: “The method of making First Day on Earth up to now has been a superbly intimate expertise, and I’m excited to embark on the following section to finally provide this as one other televisual present for anybody keen to accompany Henri on what will probably be a wild odyssey!
“I’m delighted to be working with VAL, the BBC and HBO once more, and to associate with A24; due to all of their mixed style, care and experience, I really feel our present is in nice arms.”
Saying the collection forward of the Edinburgh TV Competition, Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, added: “Michaela is a kind of distinctive abilities whose work I’ve lengthy admired.
“‘I Might Destroy You’ is likely one of the causes I needed to affix the BBC! In ‘First Day on Earth’, Michaela has created one other unmissable collection – really unique, heartfelt, hilarious, poetic storytelling and advised in a approach that solely Michaela can. I can’t wait for everybody to see it.”
The 36-year-old star beforehand turned down $1 million from Netflix for ‘I Might Destroy You’ as a result of the streaming service would not give her a share of the copyright, and he or she’d advise aspiring filmmakers to observe their instincts in the same approach.
She advised the Each day Telegraph newspaper: “I’ve this airy-fairy-woo perception that you simply’ll be OK whenever you say no to the issues that don’t really feel proper, that don’t align together with your sense of integrity. Generally it could possibly take years to work out. However when you observe your ethical compass then you’re going to get there.”
