A social media campaign to derail HBO’s planned modern-day Southern slavery drama quickly caught fire, rapidly shooting to the top ranks of Twitter both nationally and internationally. Weiss, who are developing the recently announced “Confederate.” The pair, who are white, will work on “Confederate” with husband-and-wife Malcolm Spellman (“Empire”) and Nichelle Tramble Spellman (“The Good Wife”), who are black writer-producers. The viral campaign prompted the cable channel to ask detractors to withhold judgment until they see “Confederate.”“We have great respect for the dialogue and concern being expressed around ‘Confederate,’” HBO said in a statement. The more producers can weigh in about why the project is important, the more it will make sense, Bloys said. But an interview the show’s creative team gave after the initial outcry failed to stem the #NoConfederate campaign.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2017 07:30 UTC