Superhero Indie Film ‘Fast Color’ Is Getting A TV Adaptation At Amazon
Fast Color, the grounded superhero indie movie that starredGugu Mbatha-Rawand hit theaters earlier this year, is getting its own TV series.Jordan Horowitz(the producer who revealed on stage thatMoonlightactually beatLa La Landat the Oscars) co-wrote the movie with directorJulia Hart, and they’re both on board to return in those capacities for this show, which is in the works at Amazon Prime Video. Learn more about theFast ColorTV series below.Deadlinebrings word about the show’s development and a synopsis of its plot:
The film takes place in a futuristic, science fiction world in which Mbatha-Raw (A Wrinkle in Time) plays Ruth, a woman who has superpowers and is on the run from groups who seek to either contain or study her. Her daughter has powers, too; I have yet to check this out for myself (it’s on my list!), but I’m imagining something akin to Jeff Nichols’Midnight Specialif Michael Shannon’s character also had powers himself. But of course, that’s not entirely accurate, because it seems like much of this film’s power comes in telling a grounded story about black women with superpowers – something we rarely ever see in today’s landscape. Here’s a trailer for the movie:
Lorraine Toussaint,Saniyya Sidney,David Straithairn, andChristopher Denhamco-starred in the movie, which premiered at SXSW in 2018 and was released in theaters and on home video earlier this year. No cast for the TV version has been announced yet.
ActressViola Daviswill executive produce the show withJulius Tennonthrough their JuVee Productions shingle, and they’ll be joined by executive producers Horowitz, Hart,Andrew Wang,Pete Shilaimon, andMickey Liddell.
“Our commitment at JuVee as artists is what fuels our imagination. We want to play. We want to challenge. We want to ask, ‘What if….,'” Davis and Tennon said in a statement. “Fast Colorallows us to live in a world that full?ls all of the above. It’s a story and world that reminds us that not only do we have a soul, but we have extraordinary, unlikely women who fiercely protect it.”
If you’re in the Los Angeles area and have not seen the movie yet, it’s playing atthe new Alamo Drafthousethis Thursday night:
