Netflix Adapting Novel ‘Ride Around Shining’ Into Feature With Jonah Hill’s Strong Baby; Rodney Barnes Penning
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Netflix is making a feature take of Chris Leslie-Hynan’s novel Ride Around Shining which Rodney Barnes will adapt.
Jonah Hill’s Strong Baby Productions is producing.The Harper-published novel tells the provocative story of a young white chauffeur and his wealthy black employer, a professional basketball player; a discomfiting portrait of envy and obsession.Barnes is also an associate producer on the project.
Hill, Matt Dines, LaKeith Stanfield and Colin Stark are producing with Ali Goodwin executive producing.Up next for Barnes is the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, on which he serves as an EP and writer of.
Based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, the series is debuting on March 6.
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