‘Underground Railroad’: Barry Jenkins on the Ethereal New Teaser for His Upcoming Amazon Series IndieWire 1/25/2021
Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel “The Underground Railroad” inspired by the real-life network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada imagines an alternate history where the truth is closer to fiction. Now, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been adapted into a highly-anticipated live-action TV series by writer/director/showrunner Barry Jenkins, for Amazon Prime Video. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has shared another teaser for the upcoming series, giving audiences a breathtaking, ethereal look via a short clip released on Monday.
ASC Presents New Episodes of Clubhouse Conversations
Online interview series features filmmakers discussing the art and craft of visual storytelling.
The American Society of Cinematographers resumes its popular Clubhouse Conversations series this month, featuring insightful interviews with leading filmmakers discussing their creative process. The online video conversations highlight a wide array of award-contending productions. Moderated by ASC members, the in-depth discussions explore the cinematographer’s experience, and, in some instances, include their collaborators. Clubhouse Conversations are accessible on the
For more than 100 years, the ASC’s mission has been to advance the art of cinematography. Clubhouse Conversations are one of several outreach initiatives by the society to connect filmmakers and fans of cinematography with some of the top creative visual talent in the industry.
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Director Barry Jenkins raised a lot of eyebrows a couple months ago when it was officially announced that he had signed on to direct a follow-up to Jon Favreau s
The Lion King for Walt Disney Studios â a project that has since been confirmed to be a Mufasa-centric prequel. To date, the Oscar-winning filmmaker has exclusively made independent dramas, his resume including the awesome trio of features
Medicine For Melancholy,
If Beale Street Could Talk, and many fans didn t know what to make of him moving to helm a big studio blockbuster.
The truth of the matter is, however, that a quality script can grasp the attention of any director, and it s because of what the filmmaker saw on the page that attracted him to the untitled
How did Disney manage to land an Oscar-winning filmmaker like
Barry Jenkins to direct a
Lion King prequel? The idea was also a surprise to Jenkins, who admitted in a recent interview that he was skeptical of boarding a Disney “live-action” remake/prequel of an animated classic like
The Lion King. But three key factors managed to make him change his mind.
During a chat with
The Rider director
Chloé Zhao for Variety, Jenkins revealed that Zhao herself was one of the major factors that convinced him to direct a
Lion King prequel movie, which he was initially very wary of taking on.