Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship Teaming Up for CW Project Based on DC Comics’ “Naomi”

Another female-fronted superhero story is in the works at The CW — and it marks the latest in Ava DuVernay’s long string of recent television projects. Variety confirms DuVernay and Jill Blankenship (“Arrow”) are writing and exec producing potential CW show “Naomi,” based on the DC Comics series of the same name. Warner Bros. Television,…

Another female-fronted superhero story is in the works at The CW — and it marks the latest in Ava DuVernay’s long string of recent television projects. Variety confirms DuVernay and Jill Blankenship (“Arrow”) are writing and exec producing potential CW show “Naomi,” based on the DC Comics series of the same name. Warner Bros. Television,…