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Issa Rae Confirms 4th Season if ‘Insecure’ is in the Works

Fans of the hit HBO series Insecure can relax now. Issa Rae has confirmed that a fourth season of the Black girl dramedy will be returning soon.

“We’re writing it right now…And we’re shooting in September,” Rae revealed.

That was great news because some thought that the show would not come back to HBO. Back in April, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys confirmed that the series would not return until 2020 due Rae’s busy schedule.

“Issa became a big movie star,” Bloys said. “We’re not the first place to deal with this, but when you’re in business with very creative and talented people, there’s a lot more opportunities for people to do things.”

In addition to the update on production, Rae also shared that the upcoming season will have ten episodes. Previous seasons of Insecure only featured eight.

Speaking on the impact of the show, Issa said, “All of them are based off of real people that are in my life and real situations that have happened,” she said. “Also, a lot of the stories come from a predominantly black writers’ room. There are people and stories from there that we just put in the show.”

Rae has become a movie and shaker on the Hollywood scene. Earlier this year, Rae starred alongside Marsai Martin and Regina Hall in Little and is attached to executive produce Robin Thede’s new comedy series, A Black Lady Sketch Show.

In addition to Rae, Insecure stars Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Lisa Joyce, Natasha Rothwell, Y’lan Noel, and Amanda Seales.

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Natasha Rothwell Lands Deal With HBO

Words by: Rashad Grove

Comedic writer and actress Natasha Rothwell has been making her mark in the industry as a major player behind the scenes. She was a writer for Saturday Night Live for one season, 2013-2014, and wrote for and starred in Netflix Presents: The Characters. Now she is continuing the hot streak of Black women winning in T.V. and film. Rothwell has signed a new, overall deal with HBO. Rothwell will develop her own project. According to the terms of the deal, she will be the writer, producer, and the star. Now that’s #BlackGirlsMagic at work.

After leaving Saturday Night Live, Rothwell became a series regular and supervising producer on the network’s Issa Rae’s Peabody Award-winning hit HBO series, Insecure. Playing the role of Kelli, Rothwell’s fame and creative genius was front and center on the prime-time show.

Rothwell is having a breakthrough in career, to say the least. She made an appearance in this year’s YA film Love Simon. She also landed a major role alongside Gal Gadot in the highly anticipated Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel to the box office smash Wonder Woman. She also is set to co-star with Tika Sumpter in the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog and Tiffany Haddish in Limited Partners.

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