‘Black-Ish’ Writer-Producer Kenya Barris Partners With Revolt to Launch New Company Geared Toward Creators

Kenya Barris Named Vice Chair Of Revolt Labs

Kenya Barris is joining Revolt. The Black-ish creator has been named Vice Chair of Revolt Labs, a new initiative designed around helping creators turn their ideas into television and film projects. It comes a year after Offscript Worldwide rolled Revolt TV into a single entity alongside its music management division, creator arm and brand marketing unit. Sean Combs, who founded the company in 2012, is no longer involved. Barris has been ta…

‘Black-ish’ Writer-Producer Kenya Barris Partners With Revolt to Launch New Company Geared Toward Creators

“Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris has partnered with Offscript Worldwide — the employee-run parent of the Revolt TV brand — to launch Revolt Labs, a new company focused on working with creators. Barris and Offscript will run Revolt Labs as a joint venture, with Barris serving as vice chair of the new entity. The news was revealed on Thursday morning by Barris and Revolt/Offscript Worldwide CEO Detavio Samuels, who exclusively laid out the struc…

Adolescence creator urges government to tackle manosphere after Netflix documentary

Adolescence creator Jack Thorne has said that the government could be doing more to “solve the manosphere problem”. Speaking to The Independent at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards on Wednesday (18 March), Thorne heaped praise on Louis Theroux’s “brilliant” documentary Inside The Manosphere, which he said reignited important conversations on the controversial topic. “It's a complicated issue to combat, but it doesn't feel like the government i…