U.K.

Roc Nation will executive produce a TV series based on Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel Noughts & CrossesAccording to Variety, the company will also handle soundtrack duties for the show, while Mammoth Screen serves as the producer for the BBC series.

Patrick Reardon — who will executive produce for Roc Nation — told Variety, “We are thrilled to partner with Mammoth Screen and Participant Media on this series, which explores issues of race and discrimination through such a provocative and unexpected lens.”

Noughts & Crosses tells the tale of a 21st-century society where people of African descent are members of the ruling class and white people are part of the underclass.

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Earlier this year, Roc Nation launched its TV division. Its recent TV and film projects include Time: The Kalief Browder Story and Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.

Listen to a snippet of Blackman’s book below. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]