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James Baldwin Books Eyed For TV & Film As Fremantle Strike Deals With Estate
EXCLUSIVE: The works of James Baldwin, author and civil rights activist, could be headed to the small and big screen after Fremantle North America struck a deal with The Baldwin Family. The Fellow Travelers producer has closed a deal with his estate, via Trevor Baldwin, nephew and founder of the Baldwin United Fund, to develop […]
Vintage Books has just released a box set of his novels including Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni’s Room and If Beale Street Could Talk, while Everyman’s Library is releasing a hardcover compendium of Baldwin’s nonfiction, including The Fire Next Time, Nobody Knows My Name, No Name in the Street, and The Devil Finds Work. If anything materializes out of the deal, it would be the latest literary adaptation for Fremantle, which turned Thomas Mallon’s Fellow Travelers into a miniseries for Showtime starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. Dante Di Loreto, President of Scripted Programming, Fremantle North America, said, “We are deeply honored to bring James Baldwin’s timeless works to a new generation.
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