It’s hard enough being in this industry as a woman, let alone a woman of color. Here is an exclusive interview with Owusu-Breen - conducted in mysterious netherland of Midnight, Texas. Recently, a passel of journalists joined the cast, crew and creative team on the “Midnight, Texas” set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to get an advance peek into the creation of the upcoming NBC series - due to debut in July 2017. Emilio Sheehan, who can’t resist the pull of a full moon (Yul Vazquez, who was in the film “Captain Phillips”). It’s also home to Bobo, proprietor of Midnight’s local pawn shop (Dylan Bruce from “Orphan Black”) Fiji, a witch who owns the local wiccan shop (Parisa Fitz-Henley who is in “Luke Cage”) Olivia, a mysterious assassin with a weapon for every occasion (Arielle Kebbel formerly of “Vampire Diaries”) Joe, an angel who knows all of Midnight’s secrets having been around for millennia (Jason Lewis from “Sex and the City”) Lemuel, a wise vampire with a long history in Midnight (Peter Mensah who was in “True Blood”) Creek, an aspiring writer with big dreams who learns her family is harboring a deep secret (Sarah Ramos - once in “Parenthood”) and Rev. The community of “Midnight, Texas” includes charming, powerful psychic Manfred (François Arnaud from “The Borgias”), who communicates with spirits and finds safety in the town surrounded by both human and supernatural allies. As town members fight off outside pressures from ever-suspicious cops, deadly biker gangs, and their own dangerous pasts, they band together and form an unlikely but strong family. And, it’s a perfect place for anyone hiding from the outside world. In this place, being normal is strange and only outsiders fit in Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are markedly different in ways few ever encounter. The town of Midnight, Texas, sits between the living and hell. Robot” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” The pilot episode was directed by Niels Arden Oplev who handled “Mr. But her most auspicious and ambitious move has been to take on “True Blood’s” Charlaine Harris’ elaborate supernatural series which she’s executive producing with David Janollari (“Six Feet Under”) of David Janollari Entertainment and the production arm of Universal Television. During those three seasons, she had co-written 11 episodes.Īs part of “Lost’s” writing staff, she welcomed their 2007 nomination for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Best Dramatic Series Award for work on the second and third seasons. By the beginning of season four, she moved up to producer, and by its final season, she was its supervising producer. In 2003, when Breen joined “Alias” as an executive story editor and writer, the espionage actioneer was in its third season. Since she started in 2001, that list includes “Alias,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Lost,” “Fringe,” “Revolution” and Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Of mixed Ghanaian background, she not only achieved academic success - graduating from Brown University in 1990 - but worked her way up to write or produce for quite a list of top-flight television series. As both a woman and person of color, American television producer and screenwriter Monica Owusu-Breen has accomplished the near-impossible in Hollywood, helming a major network show with her as writer, show runner and executive producer.
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