Kerry Washington to star in and produce film adaptation of Diane Cardwell's memoir ‘Rockaway’ for Netflix

Written By Wilson Morales
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Netflix has announced that Kerry Washington will star in and produce the film adaptation of ROCKAWAY, based on Diane Cardwell's memoir.

NAACP Image Award winner Nichelle Tramble Spellman (Truth Be Told) will adapt the screenplay.

On a routine assignment, a Manhattan journalist unexpectedly discovers the transcendent power of surfing, and finds herself running from the comfortable life she’s always known towards a life of romance and self-discovery in eclectic Rockaway Beach.

The film is a co-production with Liza Chasin’s 3dot Productions, Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone’s Simpson Street, and Aevitas Entertainment. Diane Cardwell, Margaret Chernin will serve as executive producers.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Rockaway was named by Outside Magazine as one of the Best Adventure Travel Books of the Year.

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