Gabriel Basso has been cast as the lead in Ron Howard’s next film, an adaptation of “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Basso joins Academy Award-nominated actors Glenn Close and Amy Adams in the film, which is set up at Netflix.
The film is based on the best-selling memoir by J.D. Vance. In addition to directing, Howard will produce alongside Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and Vance will executive produce.
“Hillbilly Elegy” is a modern exploration of the American dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale Law student forced to return to his hometown.
Also Read: Glenn Close Joins Ron Howard's 'Hillbilly Elegy' With Amy Adams
The book chronicles Vance’s life growing up poor in the Rust Belt among the working- class “hillbillies” and charts his family’s struggle as they navigate through drug addiction and social and economic challenges.
Basso joins Academy Award-nominated actors Glenn Close and Amy Adams in the film, which is set up at Netflix.
The film is based on the best-selling memoir by J.D. Vance. In addition to directing, Howard will produce alongside Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and Vance will executive produce.
“Hillbilly Elegy” is a modern exploration of the American dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale Law student forced to return to his hometown.
Also Read: Glenn Close Joins Ron Howard's 'Hillbilly Elegy' With Amy Adams
The book chronicles Vance’s life growing up poor in the Rust Belt among the working- class “hillbillies” and charts his family’s struggle as they navigate through drug addiction and social and economic challenges.
- 4/12/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
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