"Daria" Spin-off, Starring Tracee Ellis Ross as Jodie, Lands at Comedy Central
by Andy Swift
June 18, 2020


One of Daria Morgendorffer’s classmates is relocating from Lawndale to… well, somewhere a lot closer to South Park.

"Jodie", the previously announced spin-off about a grown-up version of iconic "Daria" character Jodie Landon, will air on Comedy Central, TVLine has learned. The spin-off picks up with Jodie (voiced by black-ish‘s Tracee Ellis Ross, who will also executive-produce) “graduating from college and entering a complicated world.”




Per a statement from MTV Studios:

“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.”

https://tvline.com/2020/06/18/daria-spinoff-jodie-comedy-central-premiere/

Finally. Great to see a spin off starring a woman which we haven't seen in a long time. Especially a black woman.

The "Daria" spin-off series "Jodie" will now be an animated film, featuring the voices of Tracee Ellis Ross (in the title role), Pamela Adlon, William Jackson Harper, Zosia Mamet, Dermot Mulroney, Kal Penn and Heléne Yorke, among others.

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So they are coming out with this out of left field Daria spinoff called Jodie, featuring a female black protagonist of the same name. Something tells me this ones about to go the way of the Cleveland Show.

Jodie-Centric "Daria" Spin-off Starring Tracee Ellis Ross is not Moving Forward
by Lynette Rice
March 5, 2024


So long for now to "Jodie", an animated film-cum-"Daria" spinoff that was set to feature Tracee Ellis Ross voicing the main character.

The long-gestating project first began as a series that would feature Daria and Jodie, and then was narrowed to just focus on the latter character. In 2020, Comedy Central picked up the adult animated show from creator and head writer Grace Edwards and MTVE Studios with hopes to pair it with "South Park".

Two years later, it morphed into a movie.



“Jodie will not be moving forward at MTVE Studios,” said an MTVE Studios spokesperson.

“We have loved working with Tracee, Grace and the whole team on creating a film that is full of joy and genre-bending fun with an inclusive, diverse, and incredible cast. We are fully supportive of them finding a home elsewhere and look forward to partnering with them in the future.”

https://deadline.com/2024/03/jodie-animated-movie-mtve-studios-tracee-ellis-ross-1235846673/