After a very strong performance on Broadway Denzel Washington has been entrusted with producing all 10 August Wilson plays that will appear on HBO.
At a rate of 1 per year Washington will bring the plays to the screen. This will include Fences and Viola Davis also confirmed that she will star in the screen adaptation.
Davis and Washington both won Tony awards for their Broadway performances of Fences in 2010, so it will be amazing to see them reproduce this onscreen.
Talking of the opportunity Denzel said:
“I’m really excited that [the estate] would put that in my hands and trust me,”, “That’s good enough for me. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
The 10 films will be:
Fences
Radio Golf
King Hedley II
Jitney
Two Trains Running
Seven Guitars
The Piano Lesson
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Joe Turner’s Come
Gone and Gem of the Ocean.
I can’t wait! These could be epic!
Are you looking forward to seeing what the network and Washington turn out and how well they do these great works justice?
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