Quinta Brunson Is Set To Star As Betty Boop
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An Emmy winner is booping her way onto the big screen! Variety has reported that Quinta Brunson is currently developing a feature film about animation icon Betty Boop. She also intends to star as the titular animated icon.
Created by Max Fleischer and Grim Natwick, Betty Boop appeared in 90 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939. Since then, Betty Boop has remained one of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time. One of the shorts, Snow White, was inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 1994. Outside of theatrical cartoons, Betty Boop has also appeared in countless comic strips, inspired multiple parodies, and has been the subject of a Tony-nominated musical starring Jasmine Amy Rogers, who earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Betty Boop has also remained a merchandising empire, with reports stating that sales generate over 2 billion dollars per year.
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Quinta Brunson came onto the scene in 2014 with her viral self-produced Instagram series Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date. Her profile rose afterwards with her work with BuzzFeed and the HBO Series A Black Lady Sketch Show. After developing two unaired pilots, Brunson struck gold with the ABC comedy series Abbot Elementary, on which she acts as lead star and co-showrunner. Abbot Elementary centers on a group of teachers at a predominantly Black public school in West Philadelphia. Starring Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and William Stanford Davis, the series has received critical acclaim and multiple accolades across its 5-season run. In 2023, Brunson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Abbot’s first season. The series was renewed for a sixth season back in March.
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