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A24 And Steven Spielberg Developing Adaptation Of James McBride’s ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’


A24 and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment are teaming to develop adaptation of James McBride's acclaimed novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.

A24 and Steven Spielberg ‘s Amblin Entertainment are teaming to develop an adaptation of James McBride’s acclaimed novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. McBride’s novel tells the story of Black and Jewish residents of the Chicken Hill neighborhood of Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the 1920s and ‘30s, though the book opens in 1972 with the discovery of a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.

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