Rapper Eve is developing an interracial rom-com for ABC that signals her return to the small screen.
Deadline confirmed that the Grammy Award-winning rapper and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment have sold a pilot to the network for the 2014-2015 season. Eve will star in the comedy and serve as an executive producer. The series is untitled and a writer is not attached to the project yet.
Kaplan approached Eve about the television series and the two pitched the idea to the network. Kaplan confirmed the news via Twitter:
Developing a 1/2 hr comedy w @TheRealEve for @ABCNetwork! #Eve will be starring & Exec Producing w me, I’m so excitd she’s coming back to TV
— Aaron Kaplan (@KaplanAaron) January 14, 2014
The semi-autobiographical comedy will focus on the highs and lows of interracial relationships, a subject very close to the newly-engaged rapper-actress. Eve’s relationship with Brit Maximillion Cooper will give her a well of material to draw. She has been vocal about interracial dating and her experience with co-parenting Cooper’s four children from a previous marriage. In interviews, Eve has said, “I never thought I would date outside of my race” and revealed she was shocked by the negative tweets she received regarding their coupling. The two, who live in London, got engaged in 2013.
If greenlit, the sitcom will mark Eve’s return to the small screen in a starring role, since her role as a fashion designer on the UPN’s “Eve.” She was last seen in a guest spot on “Glee.” Her film credits include working with Vin Diesel in xXx and Queen Latifah in The Cookout. She has also appeared in the Barbershop franchise with Ice Cube.