James Baldwin Books Eyed For TV & Film As Fremantle Strike Deals With Estate
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The works of James Baldwin, author and civil rights activist, could be headed to the small and big screen after Fremantle North America struck a deal with The Baldwin Family.
The Fellow Travelers producer has closed a deal with his estate, via Trevor Baldwin, nephew and founder of the Baldwin United Fund, to develop new adaptations of his books for TV and film.
Original Productions, the Fremantle-owned label behind Ice Road Truckers, will handle the documentary side of the deal. It comes ahead of what would be Baldwin’s 100th birthday in August.
Baldwin is the author of books including If Beale Street Could Talk, which was adapted by Barry Jenkins as a movie in 2018, and Go Tell It On The Mountain, which was turned into a TV movie in 1985 that featured Giancarlo Esposito and Ving Rhames.
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