Sterling K. Brown will star in and executive produce a series based on Esi Edugyan’s best-selling novel 'Washington Black' at Hulu, where it scored a series order.
00:00Sterling K. Brown has lined up his next TV role.
00:04The This Is Us actor will star in and executive produce the series based on the best-selling novel Washington Black at Hulu, where it scored a series order.
00:12The novel follows the world travels and adventures of George Washington Black, an 11-year-old boy on a 19th-century Barbados sugar plantation.
00:19Brown will play Medwin Harris, who traveled the world after a traumatic childhood as a black refugee in Nova Scotia.
00:25Washington Black is his young protege.
00:27Hulu has had the project in development for two years.
00:30Head of scripted content at Hulu, Jordan Hellman, said,
00:33It is a remarkable tale of hope, wonder, and perseverance, and we are honored to have the opportunity to work with such incredible storytellers to bring this series to the screen.
00:41And Brown said,
00:42Washington Black inspires me.
00:44This young man and the adventure he undertakes remind me of how the power of imagination and the creativity of artistry can transform the world in which we live.
00:52Brown is currently filming the sixth and final season of This Is Us for 20th TV and NBC.
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01:01For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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