Is Amazon’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ Based on a True Story?

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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter an almost 50-year career, Stephen King has penned more than 65 books (sometimes publishing three in the same calendar year) and more than 200 short stories, making him arguably the most prolific author of our time.

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Barry Jenkins spent four years of his life bringing Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” to the screen. In point of fact, he began working on the adaption before his Best Picture-winning, landmark drama “Moonlight” had even premiered at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the renewed controversy surrounding Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana, Chris Cuomo advising his brother during Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal and a preview of TheWrap’s upcoming series, Conversations on Cancel Culture.Then, we’re joined by Jeremy Helligar and NPR’s TV critic Eric Deggans to discuss Barry Jenkins’ new Amazon series, “The Underground Railroad.” Is the series too violent? And is it suitable

If social media is any indication, the fact that Thuso Mbedu had 1.3 million Instagram followers even before her U.S. breakthrough role in The Underground Railroad was even released should point to the arrival of a fully formed star.

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Barry Jenkins turns to television for his latest project, a 10-part adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Underground Railroad, Starring Thuso Mbedu, which hit Amazon Prime Video last week. It’s his most ambitious project yet, set on a grander canvas and with much greater emotional stakes than anything he’s tackled before.

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Barry Jenkins’ acclaimed TV adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,, William Jackson Harper plays Royal, a freeborn man who helps a runaway slave named Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu) as she goes on a harrowing journey through the antebellum South to find freedom by way of an underground network of trains, tracks and tunnels. “I just figured this is the kind of job that goes to other people,” Harper tells ET about coming off four years of, where he earned an Emmy nomination for

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Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind and, comes a stunningly beautiful and powerful TV adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Underground Railroad,” streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.In November 2018 South African actor Thuso Mbedu had her first U.S. audition.

Before we ever got a full teaser trailer for Barry Jenkins‘ new Amazon series, “The Underground Railroad,” the writer-director was keen to share out-of-context videos showcasing the beautiful filmmaking on display. This served to get film fans hyped for the series and to showcase that ‘Underground Railroad’ is something a bit more auteur-istic than your typical series.

Amazon, is at times unbearably painful to watch and at others achingly beautiful. Early reviews have declared the series a triumph and something only Jenkins could have pulled off.It was “the most satisfying creative experience of my life,” said Jenkins, who won an Oscar in 2017 for “Moonlight” and was nominated again the next year for "If Beale Street Could Talk.”It was also the biggest challenge he’s ever faced.“The story is so, so large and wide-ranging.

continues to draw to a close with its third and final season, Dominique Jackson took center stage in episode three, “The Trunk,” as the FX series finally explored Elektra’s backstory and dealt with what was stuffed in the back of her closet since season 2. “We get to finally see her backstory. We get to learn about the creation or the formation of the House of Abundance, which is really exciting,” co-creator Steven Canals tells ET.