ABC Signature Lands Julia Child As CIA Agent Dramedy Spec By Benjamin Brand
ABC Signature Lands Julia Child As CIA Agent Dramedy Spec By Benjamin Brand
by Nellie Andreeva • tip
ABC Signature, the cable/digital division of ABC Studios, has landed the hot hourlong spec Julia, a darkly comedic dramedy about celebrity chef Julia Child from writer Benjamin Brand and ABC Signature Studios.
?w=446&h=299&crop=1
The fictional project is based on a true fact: before she was the world’s first celebrity chef, Julia Child was an agent for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, during World War II. Extrapolating from that, Julia imagines a world where the CIA takes advantage of Julia Child’s newfound celebrity status and drags the French Chef back into action as a covert operative.
Brand executive produces with Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm.
Brand drew inspiration for Julia from a 1990s PBS program titled Cooking for the C.I.A. “I was disappointed when I learned that in this case, the C.I.A. stood for the Culinary Institute of America,” Brand said. “Cooking Secrets of the Central Intelligence Agency always seemed like a more interesting show to me. Many years later, when I read a biography of Julia Child and learned about her experiences during World War II, working for the Office of Strategic Services — the precursor to the C.I.A. — the story of Julia quickly fell into place.”
= new reply since forum marked as read
