Billy Porter Teaming Up With Greg Berlanti to Write Family Drama for Peacock | THR News - video Dailymotion

'Fruits of Thy Labor' marks a reunion for the 'Broken Hearts Club' duo.

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00:00Billy Porter is teaming up with super producer Greg Berlanti for his next TV venture.

00:06The history-making Pose Emmy winner is taking on Fruits of Thy Labor,

00:10a drama series in development at Peacock as a writer and producer.

00:13Based on an original idea, Porter along with Dan McCabe will co-write the script for the family drama

00:18that follows three generations of an African-American showbiz dynasty

00:22navigating their way through life, love, politics and career.

00:26The series will be executive produced by Warner Bros. TV-based Berlanti Productions

00:30and Fruits of Thy Labor also marks a reunion for Porter with Berlanti.

00:35Porter was among the all-star cast in 2000's The Broken Hearts Club,

00:38which Berlanti wrote and directed as his feature film debut.

00:42News of the Peacock Project comes as Pose will wrap its three-season run Sunday

00:46with an extended series finale on FX.

00:49The series helped catapult Porter to international stardom,

00:52with a veteran stage and screen actor becoming the first openly gay man

00:56to win an Emmy for a lead actor in a drama series.

01:00Fruits also marks Porter's TV debut as a writer.

01:03For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:05For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.