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Mary J. Blige was honoured by the Apollo Theater on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning theater and television director-producer and overall queen Kamilah Forbes has signed

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.

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.

Also Read: HBO to Adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Between the World and Me' as a TV Special“Between the World and Me” is currently in production under COVID-19 guidelines. The special is expected to debut this fall on HBO and will also be available to stream on WarnerMedia-owned streaming service HBO Max.HBO’s “Between the World and Me” is directed by Kamilah Forbes, who directed the Apollo’s original staging.

A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” his prize-winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall.

NEW YORK -- A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," his prize winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced Thursday that the program will feature readings from “Between the World and Me” and will be directed by Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes, who handled the stage show in 2018 at the celebrated performance center in Harlem.