Based on the book, Nickel Boys stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
Based on the book by Colson Whitehead, the movie adaptation of Nickel Boys is heading to cinemas. The film chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Starring Ethan Herisse. Brandon Wilson. Hamish Linklater. Fred Hechinger. Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, the film will be in UK & Irish cinemas on November 8th. Directed by Academy Award nominee RaMell Ross in his feature directorial debut, the film is adapted by Ross & Joslyn Barnes. The trailer and poster for the film have been released.
PREMISE
Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy. A brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance. Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appears worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity. Awakening a new vision for Turner.
CREDITS
Directed by: RaMell Ross
Screenplay by: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by: Colson Whitehead
Produced by: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producers: Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, Chadwick Prichard
Music by: Alex Somers & Scott Alario
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Genre: Drama
Certificate: TBC

Nickel Boys will be in UK & Irish cinemas on November 8th.
Source: Curzon

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