Netflix Sets Ensemble Cast Led By Samuel L. Jackson & John David Washington for the Feature Film Adaptation of The Piano Lesson'

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Netflix Sets Ensemble Cast Led By Samuel L. Jackson & John David Washington for the Feature Film Adaptation of The Piano Lesson'

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13 April 2023

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Film Title: The Piano Lesson

Director: Malcolm Washington

Screenplay By: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington

Based on the play The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

Producers: Academy Award Winner Denzel Washington, Academy Award Nominee Todd Black

Executive Producers: Constanza Romero, Jennifer Roth, Katia Washington

Cast: Oscar Winner Samuel L. Jackson (Honorary Award - 2021) (Pulp Fiction, Avengers), John David Washington (BlacKKKlansman, Tenet), Ray Fisher (Zack Snyders Justice League, Rebel Moon), Danielle Deadwyler (Till, The Harder They Fall), Michael Potts (Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Rustin), Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton, The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Logline: Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which documents the family history through carvings made by their enslaved ancestor.

The Broadway revival of August Wilsons The Piano Lesson starring Samuel L Jackson and John David Washington recently concluded its run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, having played 27 previews and 124 regular performances. The production is the highest grossing revival of a play on Broadway and the highest grossing Wilson production on Broadway ever.

The Piano Lesson is part of Wilson's 10 play American Century Cycle and includes Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Ma Raineys Black Bottom was released globally on Netflix in 2021. The film received five Academy Award nominations (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Costume Design) and two Academy Award wins (Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design). Directed by George C. Wolfe and adapted for the screen by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the film stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Taylour Paige, Dusan Brown, Jeremy Shamos and Jonny Coyne.

In 2010 Denzel Washington and Viola Davis starred in the revival of August Wilson's Fences on Broadway. They both won Tony Awards for their roles. In 2016 Washington directed and starred alongside Viola Davis in the film adaptation of Fences which received 3 Academy Awards nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and an Academy Award win for Viola Davis.

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