‘Mudbound’s Virgil Williams To Adapt ‘A Journal For Jordan’ At Sony, With Denzel Washington Eyeing To Direct
January 29, 2018
‘Mudbound’s Virgil Williams To Adapt ‘A Journal For Jordan’ At Sony, With Denzel Washington Eyeing To Direct
Sony Pictures has tapped Mudbound co-writer Virgil Williams to adapt A Journal for Jordan, the bestselling 2008 novel from Dana Candey that is being turned into a movie. The project is begin produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black and Denzel Washington, who is eyeing it as his next movie to direct.
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The novel tells the true story of Pulitzer-winning journalist Canedy and her love affair with First Sgt. Charles Monroe King, who kept a journal of poignant life lessons for their newborn son Jordan while deployed overseas. King was killed in Iraq in 2006 when Jordan was 7 months old, but his lessons live on.
Williams was just nominated for an Oscar for penning Mudbound with Dee Rees, and Washington was nommed for starring in Roman J. Israel, Esq. His last directing effort was last year’s Fences, which he and Black produced and which scored Best Picture Oscar nominee also earned him a Best Actor nom.
In addition to producing Roman J Israel, Esq, Escape Artists has the Neil Burger-directed Intouchables remake that stars Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman and The Equalizer 2, which re-teams Washington with Antoine Fuqua. It also is working on an English-language remake of the 2015 French film Disorder, with James Mangold attached as director from a script by Taylor Sheridan.
Williams is repped by CAA, Craig Brody and Ziffren Brittenham.