{"id":58939,"date":"2023-09-12T21:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=58939"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:58:36","slug":"hulus-original-series-black-cake-based-on-charmaine-wilkersons-new-york-times-bestselling-novel-premieres-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/12\/hulus-original-series-black-cake-based-on-charmaine-wilkersons-new-york-times-bestselling-novel-premieres-november-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulu&#8217;s original series &#8220;Black Cake,&#8221; based on Charmaine Wilkerson&#8217;s New York Times-bestselling Novel Premieres November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58940\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/black-cake-20230912a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/black-cake-20230912a.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/black-cake-20230912a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/black-cake-20230912a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/black-cake-20230912a-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/black-cake-20230912a-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Based on The New York Times-bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson, &#8220;<em><strong>Black Cake<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery with a diverse cast of characters and a global setting, from Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s Harpo Films, and Aaron Kaplan&#8217;s Kapital Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The story takes place in Jamaica, Italy, Scotland, England and Southern California. Cerar wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner on the series, which spans decades. 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