Cookie to get her own spin off from hit TV series

The character played by Taraji P. Henson, Cookie Lyon, was undoubtedly the breakout character of Fox Smash hit Tv Series, Empireduring the first season of the show.

She’ll be returning when Season 2 premieres on Sept. 23, but there just might be something else cooking for Cookie in the Empire Universe.

“There is going to be a spin-off from Empire, without question. There’s so much ripe story that we’ve talked about already — about Cookie’s family, what makes her her. That in itself is fascinating to me,” Empire creator Lee Daniels said at the 2015 Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills.

TVLine reported that Daniels elaborated on his spin-off comments immediately after the panel, explaining that the Cookie-centric show would be “like a prequel.”

Daniels also had words for Sophia Eggleston, the Detroit woman who is suing him and Fox because she claims the character of Cookie is based on her. Daniels’ succinct statement: “Bye, Felicia.”