RaMell Ross’ NICKEL BOYS starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson & Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to open Dec. 13
Amazon MGM Studios has announced the its Orion Pictures film Nickel Boys will hit Select Theaters in New York December 13, and Los Angeles December 20 with Expansion to follow. Directed by RaMell Ross from a screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, the cast includes Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead, the film chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida
Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, and Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producers: Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, Chadwick Prichard
Music by: Alex Somers & Scott Alario