HBO has introduced the primary wave of casting for Between the World and Me, an adaptation of the stage present impressed by Ta-Nehesi Coates bestselling e book of the identical title. We’re already blown away by the large names this venture has attracted.
Up to now Angela Bassett, Susan Kelechi Watson, Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Garza, Joe Morton, Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Courtney B. Vance, and Pauletta Washington have all signed on to take part. No particular components for this star-studded solid have been introduced presently.
The particular might be directed by Kamilah Forbes, who additionally directed the 2018 stage present and can incorporate parts of each Coates’ e book, the theater manufacturing, in addition to documentary footage from the actors’ residence life, archival footage, and animation. The e book was initially written within the type of a letter to the Coates’ teenage son, detailing his experiences rising up in Baltimore’s inner-city and the day by day violence in opposition to the Black group and went on to achieve No. 1 on the New York Instances bestseller checklist.
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Between the World and Me is presently in manufacturing (adhering to COVID-19 pointers) and can debut this fall on HBO and also will be obtainable to stream on HBO Max.
Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, and Susan Kelechi-Watson, Between the World and Me