Disney Channel Orders Pilot From Marsai Martin’s Genius Entertainment, SATURDAYS

Marsai Martin is teaming up with the Disney Channel on a new show. The network has ordered a pilot from Marsai’s Genius Entertainment and writer-executive producer Norman Vance Jr. titled, Saturdays.

According to a press release from Disney Channel, this new series will “…follow Paris, who, since the age of four, has been honing her skills on the cool parquet floor of SATURDAYS, a local skating rink owned and operated by a former ’90s hip-hop back-up dancer. With its neon lights, galaxy-painted rink and killer D.J. spinning the latest music, SATURDAYS is the place to show and prove. Paris is the leader of a skate crew and is determined to take them all the way to the top. However, she has sickle cell disease, and when it flares up, it’ll take every ounce of determination to prove the doubters wrong, including her concerned family.”

Danielle Jalade will be taking on the lead role of Paris while Daria Johns and Samantha A. Smith will play her friends and skating partners. Omar Gooding and Golden Brooks will play Paris’ parents, Cal and Deb while Jermaine Harris (“The Map of Tiny Perfect Things”) will portray her older brother and aspiring D.J., London.

Production on the pilot is set to get underway later this year!