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Additions from MTV Network president Chris McCarthy.
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The creator/helm of the new series was announced as [[Grace Edwards|Grace Nkenge Edwards]], a writer's assistant and story editor for such shows as ''Ugly Americans'', ''Broad City'', ''The Unsinkable Kimmy Schmidt'' and ''Inside Amy Schumer'' who previously taught screenwriting at Columbia University. (Twitter: @gracyact)
The MTV press release stated that 'Daria & Jodie' would be a 'reinvention' as opposed to the term 'reboot'. From the release:
''The iconic animated franchise is reinvented through the eyes of heroine Daria Morgendorffer and one of her closest friends Jodie Landon. These two smart young women take on the world, with their signature satirical voice while deconstructing popular culture, social classes, gender and race.''
===Direction of series===
According to MTV Network president Chris McCarthy, "The story [Grace Edwards] wants to tell of Daria is different, it's about Daria and Jodie and two close friends taking on the world today and what's happening in our culture at large....she is a huge fan of Daria... What made Daria pop for us is because we love the franchise and Grace Edwards has a point of view and angle she wants to tell."
The series will most likely end on a streaming service and not with MTV. McCarthy stated that a streaming series more flexibility and allowed deeper storytelling than a traditional cable network would have allowed.
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