Nicholas Britell is reuniting with director Barry Jenkins on the upcoming drama If Beale Street Could Talk. The movie is written and directed by Jenkins and stars KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, Dave Franco, Ed Skrein, Teyonah Parris, Finn Wittrock, Aunjanue Ellis and Regina King. The movie is based on the 1974 James Baldwin novel of the same nam and revolves around a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their first child to term. Jenkins is also producing the project with Plan B Entertainment’s Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner & Dede Gardner (12 Years a Slave, Selma). Britell has previously scored Jenkins’ last feature Moonlight, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. If Beale Street Could Talk is expected to be released later this year by Annapurna Pictures.
As previously reported, Britell (The Big Short, Battle of the Sexes, Free State of Jones) also has Adam McKay’s Backseat and the HBO series Succession coming up.
