She also created and executive produced the spin-off series The Game.In June 2007, Brock Akil and her husband signed to The Weinstein Co. Their first project under the new pact will be a film about a woman who starts a business to investigate the mates of high-powered women after she herself is left at the altar.
Mara Brock Akil will write the screenplay and Salim Akil will direct, reports Variety. The pair’s Happy Camper Productions banner will produce.
In 2009, Brock Akil became a consulting producer and writer for the ABC suburban sitcom Cougar Town.
In 2012, Brock Akil became a producer and writer for BET’s Being Mary Jane.