Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gina Prince-Bythewood Will Join Forces Again for 'An Untamed State'
Published on 22 Mar 2016
Beyond the Lights star Gugu Mbatha-Raw and director Gina Prince-Bythewood are reteaming for An Untamed State, the adaptation of Roxane Gay's debut novel. The story follows a Haitian American woman who is kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child. It follows her captivity for 13 days, and her struggle to come to terms with the ordeal in its aftermath. Prince-Bythewood previously directed by The Secret Life of Bees and Love & Basketball, while Mbatha-Raw previously starred in Concussion opposite Will Smith.
Beyond the Lights star Gugu Mbatha-Raw and director Gina Prince-Bythewood are reteaming for An Untamed State, the adaptation of Roxane Gay's debut novel. The story follows a Haitian American woman who is kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child. It follows her captivity for 13 days, and her struggle to come to terms with the ordeal in its aftermath. Prince-Bythewood previously directed by The Secret Life of Bees and Love & Basketball, while Mbatha-Raw previously starred in Concussion opposite Will Smith.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw To Star, Gina Prince-Bythewood To Helm ‘An Untamed State’
EXCLUSIVE: Gina Prince-Bythewood will direct and Gugu Mbatha-Raw will star inAn Untamed State, an adaptation of Roxane Gay‘s debut novel that the director will co-write with the author for Fox Searchlight. Michael De Luca will produce through his Michael De Luca Productions banner with Prince-Bythewood; Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel will be exec producers.
The novel tells the powerful, unflinching story of a Haitian-American woman kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child. The novel explores the privilege that made her a target and the strength she must draw on to survive and reclaim her life. Prince-Bythewood is best known for directing Beyond the Lights, and The Secret Life of Bees, and with husband Reggie Rock she is exec producing the 10-hour event series Shots Fired for Fox, Imagine Television and Undisputed Cinema. Mbatha-Raw most recently starred in Concussion and Belle, and she teamed with Prince-Bythewood on Beyond the Lights.
Prince-Bythewood, Mbatha-Raw and De Luca are represented by CAA; Prince-Bythewood is lawyered by Nina Shaw and Gordon M. Bobb at Del, Shaw, Moonves; Mbatha-Raw is managed by Authentic Talent and Literary and also repped by UK-based Curtis Brown Group.
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