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Announced in 2019, ''Jodie'' is an in-production animated spin-off of ''Daria'' that, as its name suggests, features [[Jodie Landon]] as the protagonist in her first job at [[Firstfinity]]. It's been confirmed that [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0743896/ [Tracee Ellis Ross]] is slated to voice Jodie,an and that the show will take place afterolder Jodie. graduates college.
[[Grace Nkenge Edwards]] will be creator and head writer.▼
 
[https://awesomeinc.applytojob.com/apply/VOMiO9yyNH/Jodie-Storyboard-Artist An ad for storyboard artist] at [[Awesome Inc]], which alternately called it "the new animated 2D movie" and "series", described it as:
Information about the upcoming show has slowed to a trickle, likely due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but it is still being produced so far as anyone knows.
 
''“What Daria did for showing how inane high school was for Gen X, Jodie will do for exploring the trials and tribulations of a first job for a new generation. The series will satirize workplace culture, Gen Z struggles, the artifice of social media and more. With themes of empowerment along gender and racial lines, explorations of privilege, and a wicked sense of humor, Jodie will shine a light on the personal and professional issues young Black women face today.”''
▲Grace Nkenge Edwards will be creator and head writer.
 
==Background and Initial Reboot Plans==
The Daria fandom seemed doomed to obscurity in the waning years of the 2010s. Our Heroineheroine's sarcastic voice spoke only in YouTube clips and DVDs endlessly re-watched by the dwindling faithful. Perhaps this decline was the inevitable fate of all fandoms, and the true believers could only gird themselves for still leaner times ahead.
 
Until, in 2019, there came the promise of something new: ''Jodie''.
 
Or rather, ''Jodie[[Daria & DariaJodie]]''. At the time, this new show was advertised as a reboot of ''Daria'' that put [[Jodie Landon]] in the place of [[Jane Lane]] as [[Daria]]'s best friend. It'd also be set in present day, bringing the characters to the world of smart phones and ubiquitous social media.
 
A new announcement later on changed the show from a reboot to a spin-off. Now just called ''Jodie'', it'd re-imagine the title character as a Gen Z college graduate working in a tech company. There'sRoss alsotold talkVariety, about"Being otherable ''Daria''to spin-offsgive beingvoice plannedto fresh, butfeminist it'sand notunexplored clearstories ifof anyyoung realwomen thoughtexcites hasme. beenWe putwill intofeature othera potentialdiverse shows.cast, Fancomprised reactionsmainly toof theseunapologetically thingssmart isand alwaysambitious mixed,young butfemale incharacters generalwho peopleare seemedvulnerable moreand openflawed toand interesting and funny….‘Jodie’ will be the ideafirst ofadult animated show in almost 20 years that will star a spin-offblack thanwoman. It will be a rebootsmart, funny workplace comedy full of commentary about everything from gentrification to sex to tech to call-out culture."
 
Comedy Central ordered the series in June 2020,. andInformation itabout isthe currentlyupcoming show slowed to a trickle, likely due in productionpart to the COVID-19 pandemic, over the first two years. It'sWhat notwas known ifis anyit otherwould charactersfeature fromJodie ''Daria''soon willafter makegraduation, ancoming appearanceinto her own as she enters the workplace and takes her first adult job in tech.
 
In May 2022, [https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/daria-spinoff-jodie-cast-1235268100/ Variety reported] that ''Jodie'' would now be a film rather than a series and would include [[Brittany Taylor]] and [[Mack]].
It's pretty much a given that some fans of the new show will discover and enjoy the old, so the release of ''Jodie'' will likely bring a much-needed influx of new voices to the ''Daria'' fandom.▼
 
There's also talk about other ''Daria'' spin-offs being planned, but it's not clear if any real thought has been put into other potential shows.
 
▲It's pretty much a given that some fans of the new show will discover and enjoy the old, so the release of ''Jodie'' will likely bring a much-needed influx of new voices to the ''Daria'' fandom. Older fan reactions to these things is always mixed, but in general people seemed more open to the idea of a spin-off than a reboot.
 
==Characters==
 
Variety reported the characters would be:
 
* Jodie (Tracee Ellis Ross). "Fresh from college graduation and full of ambition, Jodie heads to the big city for a prestigious internship at tech behemoth, Firstfinity."
 
* Jocelyn Light (Pamela Adlon), "the trailblazing VP of Internet Affairs at FirstFinity whom Jodie reveres."
 
* Ryan (Cole Escola), "Jodie’s intern friend at Firstfinity who is allergic to earnestness."
 
* Tiffany (Jojo T. Gibbs), "who has swag for weeks, lives in Jodie’s building and is Cas’ ex."
 
* Mack (William Jackson Harper), "Jodie’s witty and supportive high school sweetheart"
 
* Greta (Zosia Mamet), "a beachy-waved, self-proclaimed empath and Jodie’s fellow intern at Firstfinity."
 
* Barry (Alex Moffat), "the overeager internship coordinator at Firstfinity who, [[Jake Morgendorffer|despite being in his 50s, desperately tries to be Gen-Z cool]]."
 
* Lionel (Dermot Mulroney), "the powerful and charming CEO of Firstfinity."
 
* Brittany (Arden Myrin), "the former Lawndale cheerleader from Daria turned influencer at FirstFinity."
 
* Sandeep (Kal Penn), "another fellow intern who is a fitness-obsessed, tech bro."
 
* Raymond (Kofi Siriboe), "Jodie’s incredibly handsome, but not-so-friendly supervisor at Firstfinity."
 
–Cas (Dulcé Sloan), "Jodie’s fun-loving best friend from college and new roommate. A finance genius and social butterfly, Cas plays as hard as she grinds."
 
* Nia (Helene Yorke), "Jodie’s brown-nosing, fellow intern who will do whatever it takes to get ahead."
 
==Timeline Headaches==
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If you're getting a headache, remember the classic MST3K mantra: "It's just a show; I should really just relax."
 
 
==External Links==
 
[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/tracee-ellis-ross-daria-spinoff-mtv-1203242453/ Variety: Tracee Ellis Ross to Star in, Executive Produce ‘Daria’ Spinoff Series at MTV]
 
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