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Romeo and Juliet group against nan backdrop of DC authorities — that successful a nutshell is 1 of nan main plotlines successful Young Americans, a play aviator ordered by Hulu, pinch The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments creator Bruce Miller executive producing.
In Young Americans, written and executive produced by Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe (When nan Streetlights Go On), arsenic nan children of nan nation’s elite conflict it retired astatine Capitol Crest Academy successful Washington D.C., their teenage dramas statesman to reflector nan larger governmental games of their parents. Amidst nan secrets, scandals, and deadly ambitions, a forbidden romance betwixt 2 students from opposing governmental families threatens to escalate tensions to a breaking point.
Miller and Priscilla Porianda executive nutrient via White Oak Pictures nether Miller’s wide woody pinch 20th Television and Hulu. 20th TV is nan studio.
With Young Americans, Hulu continues to thin into nan YA abstraction aft precocious passing connected 3 specified pilots, dramas Foster Dade and Buffy: New Sunnydale and comedy Don’t Get High — each group successful precocious school.
Hulu did prime up to bid its 2024 YA comedy-mystery pilot Phony, starring Connie Britton and Sam Nivola, and besides has Mindy Kaling’s 20-somethings drama series Not Suitable For Work, which conscionable ended its Season 1 tally and awaits connection connected renewal.
Young Americans is 1 of respective progressive pilots astatine Hulu, which has reverted to a much accepted aviator exemplary successful lieu of straight-to-series orders that were ascendant astatine nan tallness of nan streaming wars. It joins play pilots Chicks, starring Ellen Pompeo, and Durango, reality TV-themed drama pilot Lex arsenic good arsenic a play adjustment of nan schematic novel Southern Bastards, from Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, and Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot, some pinch Onyx.
Hutton and O’Keefe co-wrote and executive produced When nan Streetlights Go On, starring Mark Duplass and Sophie Thatcher, which was released by Quibi aft antecedently being developed arsenic a Hulu aviator from their Black List characteristic script. Together, they person developed projects pinch HBO, Apple, Amazon and Paramount+ and others. They are repped by CAA and Untiled Entertainment.
Miller was creator, executive shaper and showrunner connected Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which won nan Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, and presently serves successful nan aforesaid domiciled connected sequel The Testaments, which was precocious renewed for a 2nd play aft posting week-to-week gains, topping 45 cardinal hours streamed globally to date. Miller is repped by CAA and Jackoway Austen.
