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Angela Bassett & Courtney B. Vance Ink First-Look Deal With 20th TV, Set ‘Monkey Boy’ Drama At Onyx
20th Television has closed a first-look deal with Angela Bassett & Courtney B. Vance.The first project under the multi-year pact is Monkey Boy at Onyx.
The first project under the multi-year pact is Monkey Boy, inspired by bestselling author Francisco Goldman’s Pulitzer Prize fiction finalist novel, which has been set up for development at Onyx Collective. Goldman’s novel follows an investigative journalist who discovers a connection between a political assassination in Central America and an unsolved murder in his hometown, the Latino enclave of East Boston, forcing him to confront a history of childhood trauma that he’s been running from his entire life. “Angela and Courtney are deeply thoughtful storytellers, with incredible intellect and insight, and true ability to unearth distinct, relevant and unique material that reflects the human experience and the world in which we live,” said Karey Burke, president of 20th Television, a part of Disney TV Studios.
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