MGM Lands Ta-Nihisi Coates’ ‘The Water Dancer’ Film Adaptation From Plan B, Harpo Films And Kamilah Forbes

Lori Harvey, 22, is becoming the envy of ladies everywhere with the number of high profile boyfriends she’s been able to attract. The latest man she’s been linked to is none other than the newly minted PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2020 Michael B. Jordan, 33.  And it appears they’re close enough to be spending Thanksgiving together! Lori and the Black Panther star were photographed as they disembarked from a Delta aircraft that had arrived from Los Angeles into her hometown’s Atlanta

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Thanksgiving is certainly a time for giving thanks and reflection — especially during this time. HBO’s special event Between the World and Me from Ta-Nehisi Coates as it tells an urgent story of hope and resilience. It initially debuted on November 21 but starting on November 25 and through November 30, Between the World and Me will be available for free on HBOMax.com, HBO.com, On Demand and will re-air on good ol’ fashioned linear television via HBO’s Thanksgiving free preview weekend.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVPrince Carmen Jones Jr., an African American man who was racially profiled and killed by police officer in Virginia in 2000, features heavily in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2015 book “Between the World and Me,” about being Black in America.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticBy the time Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks in HBO’s adaptation of “Between the World and Me,” his words have already been voiced by a starry cadre of Black talent. Coates’ recollections, heartbreaks and historical conclusions become monologues performed to the camera by actors like Angela Bassett, Mahershala Ali and Oprah Winfrey herself taking on his prose like a solemn mantle.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported.Plan B has already produced Oscar winning flicks including 12 Years A Slave and Moonlight.Meanwhile author Ta-Nehisi Coates will adapt the book into a screenplay and Kamil Forbes who co-founded The Apollo Theatre has also come on board to produce.  A post shared by Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisipcoates)The Water Dancer is a surrealist story set in the pre-Civil War Southern states of America.

Variety reports.There are no reports on the release date yet, but shooting is scheduled to commence in Australia next January.Speaking about the main cast, director Millipied said in a press statement that Paul ‘has so much nuance and consideration in his work.’The Normal People star has wracked up a versatile resume and we can’t wait to see him take on this role.Watch this space!

While most people think of Brad Pitt as an A-list actor, over the past decade or so, thanks to his Plan B production company, he’s become one of the biggest producers in Hollywood. Through Plan B, he’s produced films such as “The Departed,” “The Tree of Life,” “Moneyball,” “Killing Them Softly,” “Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and many, many more.

Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are teaming up to adapt The Water Dancer, the best-selling novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates, for MGM. Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Pitt’s Plan B are producing along with Kamilah Forbes, who previously developed and directedthe theatrical eventof Coates’Between the World and Meat the legendary Apollo Theater and Kennedy Center.

Ellise Shafer editorOprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are teaming up to produce a film adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ best-selling novel “The Water Dancer” for MGM, Variety has confirmed.Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Pitt’s Plan B will produce alongside Kamilah Forbes, who recently directed the theatrical adaptation of Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” as well as the HBO adaptation.

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