From Variety
Melina Matsoukas has found her next directorial project in Octavia E. Butler’s landmark sci-fi odyssey “Parable of the Sower.”
Matsoukas, whose resume includes “Queen & Slim,” “Insecure” and several key collaborations with Beyoncé, will direct and produce the film adaptation of Butler’s 1993 dystopian novel. Hailed as “notable book of the year” by the New York Times upon its original publication, “Parable of the Sower” became a New York Times bestseller in 2020, 27 years later, due to its prescience and enduring notoriety.
The novel is set in early 2020s California as global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos. The central hero is Lauren Olamina, a young woman who suffers from hyperempathy — a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions; the story follows as the surrounding anarchy creeps into her family’s small community, and she must navigate the fallout.
6 comments:
Can’t wait to watch this. Her tales are incredible and I hope the director does it justice.
This is great and long due. I hope it’ll be a wonderful production.
So here for it! I wish FX channel went further with Kindred bc that was cool to watch. I love OB
Hoping someone who is thoughful of this novel is truthful to her prose
Not a SF fan. Horror yes. Put a shape shifting creature in it and I'll wacth. LOLO
Let me put this on my library list. I'm sure it's going to be on hold for a long time
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