Issa Rae (Insecure) and Laura Dern (Big Little Lies) will executive-produce and star in an HBO limited series based on real-life riots that started when there weren’t enough Cabbage Patch Kids dolls to go around, our sister site Deadline reports.
Jayme Lemons (Enlightened) and Deniese Davis (Insecure) will executive-produce alongside Dern and Rae, with Aniobi and Kittrell serving as co-executive producers.
Rae will write the project with her Insecure colleagues Laura Kittrell and Amy Aniobi.
The Dolls will be based on the true story of violent brawls that broke out on Christmas Eve, 1983, in two Arkansas towns.