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Nia DaCosta has been tapped by MGM to direct the upcoming adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ novel, The Water Dancer.The movie will be produced by Maceo-Lyn and Plan B, alongside Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Coates’ New York Times bestseller was the first book to be featured in Oprah’s Book Club, a partnership with Apple.The Water Dancer is based on the novel of the same name, and tells the story of Hiram Walker, who was born into slavery during the years preceding the Civil War.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNia DaCosta will direct the feature film adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ best-selling novel “The Water Dancer.” The film is being backed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and will be produced by Maceo-Lyn, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films.DaCosta directed last year’s horror hit “Candyman” and is also stepping into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her next feature, the upcoming “The Marvels.” Her first film, “Little Woods,” starred Tessa Thompson and Lily James and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 before getting released theatrically by Neon.“The Water Dancer” is a surrealist story that unfolds in the pre–Civil War South. It follows Hiram Walker, born into slavery, who lost his mother as a child and over time loses all memory of her.

Nia DaCosta (Candyman) has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2019 debut novel The Water Dancer for MGM, Plan B, Harpo Films and Maceo-Lyn.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported.Plan B has already produced Oscar winning flicks including 12 Years A Slave and Moonlight.Meanwhile author Ta-Nehisi Coates will adapt the book into a screenplay and Kamil Forbes who co-founded The Apollo Theatre has also come on board to produce.  A post shared by Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisipcoates)The Water Dancer is a surrealist story set in the pre-Civil War Southern states of America. It follows Hiram Walker who has a photographic memory but can’t remember anything about his mother.Hiram also posses a strange ‘conduction’ power to transport people and travel across long distances via waterways.

Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are teaming up to adapt The Water Dancer, the best-selling novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates, for MGM. Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Pitt’s Plan B are producing along with Kamilah Forbes, who previously developed and directedthe theatrical eventof Coates’Between the World and Meat the legendary Apollo Theater and Kennedy Center.

Ellise Shafer editorOprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are teaming up to produce a film adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ best-selling novel “The Water Dancer” for MGM, Variety has confirmed.Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Pitt’s Plan B will produce alongside Kamilah Forbes, who recently directed the theatrical adaptation of Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” as well as the HBO adaptation. Plan B and Harpo Films recently collaborated on the Oscar-nominated film “Selma.” Coates has adapted the novel for the screen.“The Water Dancer” follows Hiram Walker, who was born enslaved and lost his mother at a young age.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMGM is teaming with Plan B, Harpo Films and Kamilah Forbes on the film adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2019 bestselling novel The Water Dancer, the studio said Tuesday. Coates will adapt the screenplay and Kamilah Forbes, Plan B and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo will produce.The first fiction work from Coates (he won the National Book Award in 2015 for Between the World and Me) enters on Hiram Walker, born into slavery in Virginia.