'Moonlight' Director Barry Jenkins To Turn Last Year's Biggest Book Into A TV Series
The movie of 2016 was, according to most standards, “Moonlight,” a gorgeous coming-of-age film that took home (with no small fanfare) the coveted Oscar for Best Picture. The book of 2016, on the other hand, was easily Colson Whithead’s The Underground Railroad, earning not only Oprah’s stamp of approval but the National Book Award, too.
So who better to adapt Whitehead’s critically acclaimed novel than the man behind “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins?
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