Netflix Is Adapting AMERICAN SON With Kerry Washington

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:45am

Kerry Washington told Jimmy Fallon tonight that Netflix is adapting it as a movie/play hybrid event.

Im thrilled this is happening!

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:47am

Im truly happy that theatre is being preserved for the masses but I wish it could be done with a better show. I didnt hate it but with the premise that it has, it doesnt explore any new territory. It says the same thing and asks the same questions we have heard a million times. There are so many other things that should be preserved over this.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:58am

just fumming over how this is being preserved and The Waverly Gallery with Elaine Mays first stage performance in 50 years and her first major role in over 20 is just going to sit in the archives 

[Stephen75]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 2:19am

LightsOut90 said: "just fumming over how this is being preserved and The Waverly Gallery with Elaine Mays first stage performance in 50 years and herfirst major role in over 20 is just going to sit in the archives"

 

Scott Rudin would be insane to not continue to do anything with The Waverly Gallery. It’s such an aparanle play for a motion picture, and it would be such an incredible showcase for actors. He could keep May in the role which would be ideal, although any actress of a certain age would kill for it I’m sure. Hedges is one of the best young film actors around, and while I’d love to see Joan Allen in a potential film version, I could see a world where it gets recasted with someone like Julia Roberts or Laura Dern and still works beautifully. If Lonergan won’t direct it there’s tons of directors who would kill that material. Don’t be dumb here! 

 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 8:19am

Jordan Catalano said: "Kerry Washington told Jimmy Fallon tonight that Netflix is adapting it as a movie/play hybrid event.

Im thrilled this is happening!
"

I am thrilled as well! Can’t wait to see it again...and again....and again!!! 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 9:57am

re: Waverly Gallery - I had the chance to speak to Joan Allen for a while last week and brought this up. Long story short, it aint happening.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 10:36am

At first I assumed they would be adapting the play as a film but after reading the article, I became excited to learn they are actually filming it on stage after the play ends it’s run and without an audience. They are preserving the stage production, which is fantastic. Hopefully Netflix is heavily looking into doing this with other stage productions - both on and off Broadway.

[WestEndGal]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 10:39am

Still waiting for the Netflix revives Smash headlines - in my dreams!!

[Pashacar]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 11:24am

Can you share any more detail? I looked through Waverly's playbill and nearly every big movie studio has some money in it, so I assumed it was a given that they'd make a film with at least Hedges from the cast after the run ended.

[lalala1234]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 11:31am

BrodyFosse123 said: "At first I assumed they would be adapting the play as a film but after reading the article, I became excited to learn they are actually filming it on stage after the play ends it’s run and without an audience. They are preserving the stage production, which is fantastic. Hopefully Netflix is heavily looking into doing this with other stage productions - both on and off Broadway."

They are actually doing a hybrid of both, they are filming it on a sound stage with the same set design(just all four walls will be built). It is being filmed like a movie but it is the same designers and cast as the Broadway show.

[lalala1234]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 11:31am

double post

Updated On: 1/22/19 at 11:31 AM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 11:52am

So more like the way Lady Day at Emersons bar and grill was filmed.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:41pm

Call_me_jorge said: "So more like the way Lady Day at Emersons bar and grill was filmed."

LADY DAY was filmed in performance with a live audience, etc.

AMERICAN SON is being filmed on its stage set with no audience.  

So... no.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 1:26pm

For a dramatic play, I dont see any real reason to have an audience present for the filming. Its not like a musical or a comedy where the applause and laughter adds to the experience.

[Myshmoopsiepoo]

Posted: 1/24/19 at 2:55pm

I wonder if there is any chance of this being released on Netflix before the Tonys. Would love to see it before then as I didn't get a chance to catch it on Broadway like I had intended to.

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/24/19 at 4:55pm

^They are filming it in February, so there's a good chance it will be out before the Tonys.

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/24/19 at 5:01pm

LuPita2 said: "^They are filming it in February, so there's a good chance it will be out before the Tonys."

Depends how long the digital team will need for the CGI, really...