Jeffrey Wright To Star In MRC And T-Street’s Untitled Cord Jefferson Film
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Wright is set to star in the Untitled film from MRC and T-Street based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.
Cord Jefferson wrote the adaptation for the untitled film and is making his feature directorial debut. Wright plays Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, an English professor and author who writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to lay bare the hypocrisies of the publishing world.
The book’s immediate success forces Monk to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews. “Cord has masterfully captured the sharpness and irreverence of Percival’s writing and brought the characters to life with such humanity and accessibility.
There is no one more well-suited than Jeffrey Wright to embody Monk’s wit and exasperation. We are honored to partner with them and T-Street to make this fresh and original film,” said MRC Film Co-Presidents Brye Adler and Jonathan Golfman.
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