Exclusive: A24 won a coveted novel for its TV division as it has closed a deal for Memorial, the novel by Bryan Washington. Book will be published Oct 27 by the Penguin Random House imprint Riverhead Press and is one of the buzz titles of the fall. They will figure out exactly what form the novel will take, but Washington will adapt his work. He previously published the 2019 short story collection Lot, which was critically acclaimed.
Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will produce alongside A24.
Book is described by its publisher as a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms. Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s a Black day care teacher, and they’ve been together for a few years — good years — but now they’re not sure...
Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will produce alongside A24.
Book is described by its publisher as a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms. Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s a Black day care teacher, and they’ve been together for a few years — good years — but now they’re not sure...
- 10/13/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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