RaMell Ross, who directed 'Nickel Boys' based on the Colson Whitehead novel, believes the prolific writer gave his blessing to the adaptation which will open the New York Film Festival Tonight

"Nickel Boys," RaMell Ross's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, opened New York Film Festival's 62nd edition on Friday night. The historical drama, which received rave reviews out of Telluride in September,

IndieWire's Anne Thompson talks to 'Nickel Boys' producers Joslyn Barnes and Dede Gardner about making Colson Whitehead's seemingly unadaptable book.

The film, which he wrote with Joslyn Barnes, was adapted from the 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead. It is produced by Plan B and Anonymous Content, and stars Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis, Ethan Herisse, Fred Hechinger and Hamish Linklater. The film will release theatrically on October 25th for MGM-Orion.

First-person storytelling is taken to an excessive degree in Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, whose primary action is shot from the point-of-view of its protagonist and,