Jode will star Jodie Landon, a friend of Daria’s from the original series, as she graduates college and enters the lousy world of adults. Jodie is just the first in a series of TV series and films based on the Daria universe that are currently in development. Updated 1243 GMT (2043 HKT) June 19, 2020. (CNN)Jodie Landon is getting her own show. "What 'Daria' did for showing how inane high school was for Gen X, 'Jodie' will do for exploring the trials and tribulations of a first job for a new generation. Ross, who is best known for playing Rainbow Johnson on the hit ABC comedy "Black-ish," also serves as an executive producer of the new series which was created by "Insecure" writer and co-producer Grace Edwards. The new series picks up with Jodie graduating from college and entering a complicated world. Daria & Jodie is a proposed revival of the Daria TV series that is being shopped to streaming services by MTV.The revival has been described as a "re-imagining" of the series which will center around the title characters Daria Morgendorffer and Jodie Landon.The new series was first disclosed in an article from the AV Club website written on June 21, 2018. Jodie, the Daria spinoff led by Tracee Ellis Ross, has found a home.
MTV Studios announced on Thursday the animated show has been picked up by Comedy Central. The series will satirize workplace culture, Gen Z struggles, the artifice of social media and more," according to a press release.
Daria Morgendorffer and Jodie Landon in a scene from "Daria.".
It is a spin-off of Mike Judge's earlier animated series, Beavis and Butt-Head, in which Daria appeared as a recurring character. Comedy Central has nabbed animated series Jodie, a spinoff of MTV’s iconic Daria, with Tracee Ellis Ross voicing the main character and executive producing. Addressing key issues including race, gender, class and identity through the lens of its acerbic main character, "Daria" has been credited by cultural critics as a favorite fictional feminist that helped shape a generation of women.
"Daria" ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2002 on MTV and was a spin-off of the "Beavis and Butthead" franchise. Jodie marks the first of several series and films to come from the “Daria universe.” The show will be led by writer Grace Nkenge Edwards, the writer/co-producer of Insecure. "With themes of empowerment along gender and racial lines, explorations of privilege, and a wicked sense of humor, 'Jodie' will shine a light on the personal and professional issues young Black women face today.". Jodie and Daria . Jodie and Daria ("Fizz Ed") Jodie is equally as intelligent as Daria, and one of the few characters who attempts a casual relationship with her. Daria's Jodie Landon is taking center stage.The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Tracee Ellis Ross will voice the titular character in Jodie, a … The character from the iconic '90s MTV animated series "Daria" is getting a spin-off on Comedy Central. "Jodie" will star Tracee Ellis Ross as the voice of the brilliant, sometimes sarcastic character who viewers first met as a student and friend of Daria Morgendorffer at the fictitious Lawndale High.
Daria is an American adult animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn.The series ran from March 3, 1997 to January 21, 2002 on MTV.. She sometimes looks for Daria to ask her a question or an opinion on something (and sometimes gets sarcasm back, to her annoyance). "Jodie" will star Tracee Ellis Ross as the voice of the brilliant, sometimes sarcastic character who viewers first met as a student and friend of Daria Morgendorffer at …