Barry Jenkins Sets Next Film Project After Moonlight

Barry Jenkins has decided to adapt a James Baldwin novel as his follow up to the Oscar winning Moonlight.

Jenkins will direct If Beale Street Could Talk, which he adapted from Baldwin’s 1974 novel that is set in 70s Harlem and follows engaged couple Fonny and Tish. When Fonny is falsely accused of rape, Tish, who is pregnant, races to find evidence that will prove Fonny’s innocence.

Annapurna will finance and produce the film, along with Moonlight production company Plan B.


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