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Yara Shahidi and her mom Keri are working on bringing a new comedy series to the small screen!

It was just announced that the mother-daughter duo are developing Smoakland for Freeform through their 7th Sun Productions company, in partnership with ABC Signature.

“In case you wondering what we’ve been up to 👀 … Proud #TEAM7THSUNMOMENT,” Yara wrote on Instagram in all caps.

The new series was written by Jewel Coronel, and “centers around Oakland native Solo, the visionary of a budding cannabis company, who navigates family expectations, changing friendships, love, and her drive to break through the “grass” ceiling of the oft-closed terrain of the cannabis industry for herself and her community,” according to Deadline.

Jewel will also executive produce, alongside Zahir McGhee and the Shahidis.

Back in July 2020, it was announced that Yara and Keri had signed an overall deal with ABC Studios to form 7th Sun. They will “develop and produce scripted and alternative television projects for cable, streaming and broadcast.”

Saweetie is joining the cast of grown-ish for an upcoming episode!

The rapper is guest starring as a new client, Indigo, for Yara Shahidi‘s Zoey Johnson, who’s working on a music video shoot with her client Joey BADA$$.

In the return episode, “Public Service Announcement,” after dropping out of Cal U and diving into her dream job, Zoey balances the demands of her work life and her personal life while on tour with Joey BADA$$. Jazz and Doug struggle with the rules of their relationship “pause.”

“Hiii @saweetie ❄️aka ZOEY’s NEWEST CLIENT 💁🏽‍♀️ #Grownish,” Yara captioned a photo of the pair in their matching outfits.

“ZOEY NEEDS TO ✨TAP IN ✨AS A STYLIST 😓 Who’s ready for GROWNISH JANUARY 21st??” she wrote with the clip.

grown-ish returns for season 3B on Thursday, January 21st at 8pm ET/PT on Freeform!

grown-ish is coming back in January!

Star Yara Shahidi revealed the exciting news in a little video on social media.

“✨HEEYYY SWIPE FOR BIG NEWS ✨ see y’all in January 👀 #Grownish,” she captioned two clips on Instagram. Check them out below!

Here’s a synopsis: The third season of grown-ish follows the Cal U gang as they navigate their second half of junior year and begin to step out as adults into the real world.

After dropping out to focus on her fashion career, Zoey wonders if life outside of Cal U is all it’s cracked up to be or if she still has some growing left to do.

grown-ish will premiere on Thursday, January 21st at 8pm ET/PT on Freeform!

In case you missed it, Yara and her black-ish sister Marsai Martin joined the voice cast of a new movie of this popular kids’ TV show.

Yara Shahidi hangs out at a park earlier this week in Los Angeles.

The 20-year-old grown-ish star was joined by her little brother Sayeed for a little sibling time.

Yara‘s latest outing comes off the heels of a couple of major announcements for her career.

Just last week, it was revealed that Yara and her black-ish co-star Marsai Martin have joined the voice cast of the upcoming Paw Patrol movie, with quite a few more big names.

Earlier this month, it was announced that Yara will be taking on the role of Tinker Bell in the upcoming live action Peter Pan film!

“Thank you for all of the love. It, truly, means so much to me 💕🧚🏽‍♂️ I’m excited for this next adventure!” she wrote on Instagram after the Tinker Bell news was revealed.

FYI: Yara is wearing a PacSun t-shirt and denim.

Yara Shahidi and Marsai Martin have joined the cast of the upcoming Paw Patrol: The Movie!

The black-ish co-stars are among quite a few celebs who will be lending their voices to the animated film, which will continue growing the Paw Patrol franchise.

Young Sheldon‘s Iain Armitage, Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Kimmel, Randall Park, Tyler Perry, Dax Shepard and Will Brisbin have all also joined the star-studded cast.

“Iain has been keeping this secret and only telling his younger cousins! Very excited,” Iain‘s parents wrote on his Twitter account.

“Exciting news and great to be in such inspiring company! Paw Patrol the Movie!” he added on Instagram.

Here’s a synopsis: Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos. Get ready for exciting missions, high-stake rescues, new pups and amazing new vehicles making this the biggest Paw Patrol story ever!

Paw Patrol, which is in it’s seventh season, currently airs in 160 countries, in 30 languages, and follows the adventures of a tech-savvy boy named Ryder and his team of pups who are ready to save the day. Whenever there’s trouble, pups Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Zuma, Rocky and Skye are ready for action, no matter what comes their way. With a mission to work together to keep Adventure Bay safe, no job is too big, and no pup is too small.

Yara Shahidi will be getting some wings!

The 20-year-old grown-ish star has reportedly been cast as Tinker Bell in the upcoming live action Peter Pan & Wendy, according to Deadline.

Yara joins the ever growing cast of the new Peter Pan film. Also cast in the movie include Jude Law as Captain Hook, Alexander Molony as Peter Pan and Ever Anderson as Wendy.

Yara‘s casting in the film is pretty notable as Tinkerbell has traditionally been a white character. She joins her grown-ish co-star Halle Bailey in being cast in roles that have previously only been played by white actors.

Halle will of course be playing Ariel in the upcoming live action The Little Mermaid.

Just last month, it was announced that Yara had signed an overall deal with ABC, and formed a production company alongside her mom under that deal.

The cast of black-ish are getting the cartoon treatment!

The Johnson family – Yara Shahidi (Zoey), Marcus Scribner (Junior), Marsai Martin (Diane) and Miles Brown (Jack), along with Anthony Anderson (Dre), Tracee Ellis Ross (Rainbow), Jenifer Lewis (Ruby) and Laurence Fishburne (Pops) – all got animated for half of an upcoming one hour election special. The youngest Devonte Johnson, played by twins Austin and Berlin Gross, did not get the animated treatment.

Here’s a synopsis: Junior is excited for his first time voting but discovers he has been purged from the voter polls so he does a deep dive into why – trying to understand the systems in place for voter registration.

In part two, the animated episode, Dre’s colleague Stevens (Peter Mackenzie) makes an ill-advised decision to run for Congress, so Dre enlists his family’s help and campaigns against him but gets caught up with fundraising and private interest groups.

The “Election Special” will air on October 4th at 10pm ET on ABC. Then, season seven will premiere in it’s regular time slot on Wednesday, October 21 at 9:30pm ET.