The latest adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” premiered Friday on Netflix. “The Piano Lesson” is set in 1939 and centers Boy Willie (John David Washington), who travels from Mississippi ...

Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage, Malcolm Washington's feature-length directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, fittingly breaks a family curse. It's the third ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samuel L. Jackson: (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) John David Washington: (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) The film will be ...

Netflix announced the news yesterday. First as a Broadway revival whenever that resumes, then a film transfer with the original cast intact. It looks like Barry Jenkins won’t direct the film, as ...

At heart, August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” is a ghost story. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh (other than a brief prologue in 1911 Mississippi), it’s the story of the Charles family, literally haunted by ...

The film, which premiered on Saturday morning, was co-produced by Denzel Washington, co-written and directed by Malcolm Washington and stars John David Washington. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

DALLAS — Dallas' Erykah Badu will star in a Netflix adaptation of an iconic American play. Badu will play a musical role in the new film adaptation of 'The Piano Lesson'. Her character is named ...

Malcolm Washington is set to direct and co-write it (with Virgil Williams). Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, and Michael Potts will be reprising their roles from the most recent ...