Black Lightning
2018
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Salim Akil is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter from Oakland, California. He developed the television series Black Lightning based on a DC comics character of the same name. He is a co-founder of Akil Productions which he founded with his wife Mara Brock Akil.
Jan 2, 2019 · Salim Akil is reportedly staying on as showrunner of Black Lightning after an internal investigation by Warner Bros., but Love Is has become impossible to separate from his alleged actions. Nuri ...
Salim Akil. Producer: Black Lightning. Salim and Mara Brock Akil acquired a multi-year development deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment, slated to begin in 2016. Salim is a native of Oakland, California. He wrote and co-produced the film Drylongso (1999) which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. Salim started as a staff writer for Showtime's award-winning ...
Salim is the co-founder of Akil Productions, an entertainment company founded alongside visionary-partner-and-wife Mara Brock Akil. Salim Akil’s 1999 writing and producing debut, Dylongso, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. Salim then worked as a staff writer and executive producer on Showtime’s 2000 hit drama ...
May 24, 2021 · SALIM AKIL: It was a combination of events, I think. With Covid and the rules and regulations around that, we had written about 11 scripts, and then had to go back and rewrite them for several ...
Jan 30, 2018 · While at the TCA Press Tour presentation for The CW, Collider got the opportunity to sit down with showrunner Salim Akil to chat 1-on-1 about his vision for Black Lightning, why he waned to show ...
Salim Akil. Producer: Black Lightning. Salim and Mara Brock Akil acquired a multi-year development deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment, slated to begin in 2016. Salim is a native of Oakland, California. He wrote and co-produced the film Drylongso (1999) which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. Salim started as a staff writer for Showtime's award-winning ...
Akil Productions is the production company of television writer, producers, and husband-and-wife duo Salim & Mara Brock Akil that was founded in 2000. It was first known as “Happy Camper Productions ” from 2000 to 2008. The powerhouse duo both write and produce with a focus on developing new and exciting projects for both television and film.
Jan 16, 2018 · The CW’s latest superhero team-up with Warner Bros. Television and DC Comics is “Black Lightning,” helmed by Salim Akil.But although his show shares its origins in comics with the others ...
May 25, 2021 · With the heroes of Freeland getting their powers back, the series ended as the family story that it began as, and showrunner Salim Akil, who helped shepherd the character to the screen along with ...
