themighty.com
72%
246
New Disney Channel Show Will Feature a Teen With a Rare Disease
Disney Channel recently announced plans to shoot the pilot of a new series featuring a young teen with sickle cell disease. The series would be called “Saturdays,” and would center around a girl with a passion for roller skating who must overcome and fight through a flareup of the disease to keep leading her skate crew. The protagonist, Paris Johnson, will be played by Danielle Jalade and produced by “Black-Ish’s” Marsai Martin.
