‘Moonlight’ director to turn ‘The Underground Railroad’ into a TV series

‘Moonlight’ director Barry Jenkins will adapt Colson Whitehead’s novel, ‘The Underground Railroad,’ into a TV series. Jenkins will write an direct a one-hour drama series for Amazon based on the novel. Colson’s book earned widespread recognition for winning the National Book Award and being featured in Oprah’s Book Club. “It’s a groundbreaking work that pays respect to our nation’s history while using the form to explore it in a thoughtful and original way. Preserving the sweep and grandeur of a story like this requires bold, innovative thinking and in Amazon we’ve found a partner whose reverence for storytelling and freeness of form is wholly in line with our vision.