Jamila Jordan-Theus Hired as Head of Motion Picture for Marsai Martin’s Genius Entertainment

Development executive Jamila Jordan-Theus has been named Head of Motion Picture of actress and founder Marsai Martin’s production banner Genius Entertainment.

According to Deadline, Jordan-Theus has had 15 years of experience both developing and producing TV, film, and other forms of media for Netflix, Disney+, CNN, TBS, OWN, FOX, and YouTube Original. She was the Producer for CNN Film and HBO Max’s documentary Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street which explores the summer of 1921 in Tulsa when white mobs attacked and destroyed the 35-block Greenwood District in reaction to an accusation of a white woman accusing a Black man of sexual harassment. In the past, she has been in charge of managing and producing the content slate while in docuseries, documentaries, and formats as the Creative Executive for the Springhill Company. Her most recent job was as the Director of Unscripted Development for Sirens Media/ITV Studios.

Jordan-Theus will work alongside the Head of Television Nicole Dow.

When Marsai Martin was 14 years old, she became the youngest Executive Producer in Hollywood history with her hit comedy film that she also starred in called Little. That same year, her production company signed a deal with Universal Studios with a comedy StepMonster where she would star as a young teenager adjusting to living with her new stepmother. Martin is best known for her role as Dianne Johnson/Dolly in the hit TV series Blackish. She is the founder of Genius Entertainment along with her father Co-Founder Joshua Martin.

Genius Entertainment is a Los-Angeles based production company. They create stories intended to “inspire, illuminate, and celebrate the diverse experiences of girls and people of color.” Genius Entertainment is going to partner with Walden Media to adapt the children’s fantasy novel Savvy by Ingrid Law into a TV series.