Jane the Virgin Star to Lead Hulu YA Series Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your a*s

Jane the Virgin losing her virginity

Hulus adaptation of Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale looks poised to earn plenty ofcritical buzz when it premieres in April, but its just one facet of Hulus aggressive approach to original content. From superheroes to real-life tragedies,Hulu is doing its damnedest to compete with the twin juggernauts of Netflix and Amazon.One smaller part of that strategy is an upcoming young adult series with the unforgettable title of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your a*s.

As reported by Deadline, Jane the VirginsGina Rodriguez will star in a series adaptation of the 2013 young adult novel by Meg Medina. The award-winning book tells the story of a diverse, vibrant Brooklyn community confronting bullying, racial tensions and questions of identity. Rodriguez will play Piddy Sanchez, a young girl trying to find her place in a new school. Unfortunately, her new lifehits a serious iceberg in the form of Yaqui Delgado, a bully whom Piddylearns plans to beat her up.Thats doubly troubling because Piddy and Yaqui havent actually met yet

Rodriguez has campaigned against bullying, sothe project will likely have a personal resonance that could fuel her performance in the role. Less clear isexactly how the narrative seemingly fairly contained will be stretched over the course of a season, or even multiple seasons.No matter how much Yaqui wants to kick Piddys a*s, eventually that confrontation either has to happen or the story has to spin off in other unexpected ways, otherwise this could be a serious case of anticlimax.

Yaqui Delgado will be written byDailyn Rodriguez, a TV veteran whose resume includes The Glades, Lie to Me, and NBCs The Night Shift.

Hulu has had some solid, interesting originals with The Path and 11.22.63, as well as its original comedies Casual and Difficult People.Much of Netflixs success hascome down to taking risks and greenlighting bold, diverse content. Time will tell if Hulu caneventually become serious competition for Netflixs award-winning original shows.

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