Fox is developing a musical limited series from Craig Zadan and Neil Meron caled “Cotton Club,” TheWrap has learned.
Described as a sexy, soapy, music series based in the hottest club in Harlem in the Roaring ’20s, the show will be about the interconnected lives of the black entertainers who performed there and the white gangsters who ran it.
Ayanna Floyd will write, executive produce and serve as showrunner, while Meron and Zadan will also serve as EPs along with LA Reid, who will also serve as executive music producer, and director Kenny Leon.
The project hails from Sony Pictures Television and Storyline Entertainment.