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Introducing our lead - Naïma Hebrail Kidjo! So proud of all the work we’ve collectively achieved. Follow Recombined for the latest updates and on IG and Twitter

Recombined's lead protagonist (adapted from Karen Sandler's Tankborn novels) is GEN Kayla 6982, played by the remarkable Naïma Hebrail Kidjo.

Naïma Hebrail Kidjo is an actress and writer. She’s been a Paramedic on Chicago Med & Chicago PD for six combined seasons and has acted on theatre stages all across the country. Likewise she’s trained all over: she’s a graduate of Yale University and the School at Steppenwolf in Chicago, took courses at the Cours Florent in Paris and RADA in London. As you can tell she loves to travel–and in Recombined she’s travelled to another planet entirely.

"I’m a serious sci-fi lover so being Kayla in Recombined was a dream come true. And the short’s messages of finding humanity in everyone and of necessary resistance truly resonates with me. And with the moment we’re in! I can’t wait to share this world with you all!"

You can find out more about Naïma on her website: https://www.naimahebrailkidjo.com/

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Really exciting news about our latest short film Recombined, which is a short proof of concept to help flip Karen Sandler's Tankborn Trilogy YA Sci-Fi novels to Series.

Our director Regina Ainsworth was interviewed Friday for the Best of VFX panel which will drop soon at HollyShorts Film Festival - the entire international matrix is full of talent, including VFX artists that have worked with Pixar and Dreamworks, and projects that include mega branded gaming properties. We are truly grateful to all the cast and crew of Recombined, with special recognition of our Post Production rock stars (who you really should know) Vincent Griffith our Co-Producer and VFX Artist, Mateo Laboriel our Composer and Sound Designer, and Scott Ainsworth .ainsworth1 who handled all the edits, and lots of day to day decisions as an Executive Producer. We are beyond excited to have been included in the mix and will have more details on how to watch shortly. You won’t want to miss it!

Thrilled to have been a part of The Writers Room 5050 workshops by the exceptional Evette Vargas. The back of my head is also featured in pitching my new Latinx series, DREAMERS. Stay tuned - both Recombined (for the TANKBORN series) and DREAMERS are coming!

Writer’s Corner: Update from Evette Vargas and "The Writers Room 5050 Workshops" - Ms. In The Biz Evette Vargas, one of the amazing women I profiled for my Writer’s Corner monthly column has embark on a new venture; teaching TV writing workshops in Los Angeles. I spoke with her recently to get all the details.