HBO has given a pilot order to Insecure, a comedy project co-created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore that focuses on the awkward experiences of a modern African-American woman, similar to themes in Rae's successful web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. While Wilmore will remain an executive producer, his involvement going forward is still to be determined as he now hosts a late-night show on Comedy Central. The pilot will be produced by 3 Arts with Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky and Jonathan Berry also serving as executive producers, and they are currently searching for a director and showrunner.

1. About the HBO Pilot "INSECURE"
HBO is moving ahead with Insecure, giving a pilot order to the comedy project starring Issa Rae.
Co-created and written by Rae and Larry Wilmore, Insecure focuses on the awkward experiences
and racy tribulations of a modern day African-American woman. These are also themes Rae has
tackled in her successful webseries, The Misadventures Of Awkward Black Girl, which won a
Shorty Award.
The project was originally set up at HBO in summer 2013. Wilmore now has a late-night talk show
on Comedy Central, so the extent of his future involvement in Insecure is still being figured out, but
he remains attached as an executive producer alongside Rae.
3 Arts is producing the project, with Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky and Jonathan Berry serving
as executive producers. Search is underway for a director and showrunner.
There has been an emphasis on female vehicles in HBO’s 2015 comedy pilot slate. Rae’s Insecure
joins Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and the Lucy Prebble project, toplined by Sarah
Silverman.
Rae’s online content has garnered over 20 million views and nearly 200,000 YouTube subscribers.
She has made a number of lists, including Glamour Magazine’s “35 Under 35″, Forbes’s “30 Under
30” (twice), Rolling Stone’s 23 Funniest people in America and People Magazine’s “One to Watch”
list for 2015. ”Her book, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” a collection of reminiscent
essays, is being released next Tuesday, Feb. 10, via Simon & Schuster. Rae is repped by UTA, 3
Arts and Hansen, Jacobsen.
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