The official American Fiction photos for Orion Pictures' upcoming drama film, featuring Jeffrey Wright, Issa Rae, and more.
“Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison is a respected author and professor of English literature. But his impatience with his students’ cultural sensitivities is threatening his academic standing, while his latest novel is failing to attract publishers; they claim Monk’s writing ‘isn’t Black enough,'” reads the synopsis .
“One night, in a fit of spite, Monk concocts a pseudonymous novel embodying every Black cliché he can imagine. His agent submits it to a major publisher who immediately offers the biggest advance Monk’s ever seen. As the novel is rushed to the printers and Hollywood comes courting, Monk must reckon with a monster of his own making.”
Described as a “wickedly smart satire,” American Fiction is also adapted by Jefferson. Additional cast includes John Ortiz , Leslie Uggams , Adam Brody , Keith David , and Myra Lucretia Taylor . Executive producers are Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Percival Everett, and Michael Bowes, with Jefferson, Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, and Jermaine Johnson producing.Maggie Dela Paz has been writing about the movie and TV industry for more than four years now.
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