With her highest-profile film role to date on the way, Zoë Kravitz is going undercover. “The Batman” is currently in post-production, and Kravitz has lined up a gig in animation before she debuts as Catwoman. She’ll star in and exec produce “Phatty Patty,” a coming-of-age series hailing from writer India Sage Wilson (“Dynasty”). Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios is producing the project, “which will be shopped to networks and streaming platforms in the coming weeks,” per Deadline.
Based on “Wilson’s life experience growing up as a bi-racial girl, trying to find her place in the world,” “Phatty Patty” takes place “during the early 2000s, at the height of Britney vs. Christina,” and sees nine-year-old Patty’s dreams of stardom “crushed when she discovers Mick Jagger is not her biological father. Inspired by Wilson’s own journey toward self-acceptance as a biracial girl in a predominantly white community, the series chronicles Patty, a fourth-grader fresh out of f*cks to give, on her quest to shine brighter than her light up Sketchers,” the source details.
Wilson created the series and is writing it. She’s also among its producers.
Kravitz’s best-known credits include “Big Little Lies,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” and the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise. She recently starred in Hulu’s “High Fidelity.” She’s signed on to make her feature directorial debut with “Pussy Island,” a thriller about a waitress who makes her way into a tech mogul’s inner circle.