Tracee Ellis Ross has been tapped to star in the adult animated comedy, Jodie, which is a spinoff of MTV’s Daria. The actress will also executive produce the project and take on the voice of Jodie on the series.
Jodie will be centered around fan favorite and Daria’s good friend Jodie Landon (voiced by Ross), an African American character from the original series credited with helping to shape a generation of women. Jodie will follow her as she comes into her own and enters the workplace in her first post-college job in tech. Other former students of Lawndale High will also appear.
Jodie will be centered around fan favorite and Daria’s good friend Jodie Landon (voiced by Ross), an African American character from the original series credited with helping to shape a generation of women. Jodie will follow her as she comes into her own and enters the workplace in her first post-college job in tech. Other former students of Lawndale High will also appear. Jodie is created and written by Grace Nkenge Edwards (Insecure).
Daria, which ran for five seasons (1997-2002), came out of MTV’s Beavis and Butthead and was based on the widespread appeal of the Daria Morgendorffer character whose wry wisdom was beyond her high school years.
Jodie was among several series on MTV Studio’ initial slate announced shortly after its launch last year. Other upcoming series include an update of the Emmy-winning coming-of-age unscripted series Made as well as recently reported live-action remake of MTV’s animated sci-fi series Aeon Flux, from Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis; and a return of the network’s groundbreaking reality series The Real World with Bunim/Murray Productions.
