The Moonlight Team Is Adapting Colson Whiteheads Underground Railroad Into a Limited Series
We already know Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad is the fall’s most buzzworthy book, but now the novel is getting an even-buzzier small-screen treatment. Moonlight writer and director Barry Jenkins, along with producers Plan B and Adele Romanski — who are absolutely dominating the festival circuit right now with their intimate drama — are set to adapt Underground Railroad for a limited series with “a new take.” The historical, mythical novel chronicles the journey of a female slave, Cora, who attempts to escape her cruel plantation in Georgia for a better life. No network or cast is yet to be attached to the project, though Deadline reports it’s “about to hit” the television marketplace. We can’t wait.
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Deadline Underground Railroad to Become Limited SeriesncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t8HLrayrnV6YvK57kWlob2dgbny2usOeqaCqn6q7pXnRmqClqp%2BWsW7AzmaZnpuforJuuMimoK2dlGLApr7InqpnoKSiuQ%3D%3D