{"id":80087,"date":"2017-07-10T13:57:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T13:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/07\/10\/barry-jenkins-to-direct-adaptation-james-baldwin-if-beale-street-could-talk\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:25:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:25:13","slug":"barry-jenkins-to-direct-adaptation-james-baldwin-if-beale-street-could-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/barry-jenkins-to-direct-adaptation-james-baldwin-if-beale-street-could-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins To Do Adaptation Of James Baldwin&#8217;s &#8216;If Beale Street Could Talk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins To Do Adaptation Of James Baldwin&#8217;s &#8216;If Beale Street Could Talk&#8217;<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>July 10, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/news\/moonlight-director-barry-jenkins-new-movie-if-beale-street-could-talk-1202490903\/\">Variety<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Barry-Jenkins-If-Beale-Street-Could-Talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-100320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 196'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Barry-Jenkins-If-Beale-Street-Could-Talk-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/news\/moonlight-director-barry-jenkins-new-movie-if-beale-street-could-talk-1202490903\/\">Variety<\/a> is reporting that<strong> Barry Jenkins<\/strong> is set to direct an adaptation of <strong>\u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d<\/strong> for Annapurna Pictures, marking his first feature film since his hit \u201cMoonlight\u201d won this year\u2019s best picture Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the novel by <strong>James Baldwin<\/strong>, \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d follows Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover\u2019s innocence while carrying their first born child.<\/p>\n<p>Production on the film is expected to start in October.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins, who has wanted to make the film for many years, wrote the screenplay during the same summer sojourn in 2013 when he penned \u201cMoonlight.\u201d Since then, Jenkins has been working with the Baldwin Estate. Baldwin\u2019s sister, Gloria Karefa-Smart, says, <strong>\u201cWe are delighted to entrust Barry Jenkins with this adaptation. Barry is a sublimely conscious and gifted filmmaker, whose medicine for melancholy impressed us so greatly that we had to work with him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Barry-Jenkins-photo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-96796\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 225 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Barry-Jenkins-photo-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJames Baldwin is a man of and ahead of his time; his interrogations of the American consciousness have remained relevant to this day,\u201d<\/strong> Jenkins said. <strong>\u201cTo translate the power of Tish and Fonny\u2019s love to the screen in Baldwin\u2019s image is a dream I\u2019ve long held dear. Working alongside the Baldwin Estate, I\u2019m excited to finally make that dream come true.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe movie will mark Jenkins\u2019 first production with Annapurna and a reunion of \u201cMoonlight\u2019s\u201d producing team with PASTEL and Plan B.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins will also write and direct an hourlong drama series about the Underground Railroad currently in development at Amazon, based on Colson Whitehead\u2019s best-selling book \u201cThe Underground Railroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins is repped by CAA and Silent R Management, and Plan B is repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins To Do Adaptation Of James Baldwin&#8217;s &#8216;If Beale Street Could Talk&#8217;Posted by Wilson Morales July 10, 2017 Source: Variety Variety is reporting that Barry Jenkins is set to direct an adaptation of \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d for Annapurna Pictures, marking his 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