Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s buzziest film continues with Nickel Boys, the feature directing debut of Oscar-nominated Hale County This Morning, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. “Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson ...

Despite being one of 10 movies nominated for Best Picture, Nickel Boys has largely flown under the radar, in part due to the low-key rollout that has kept it in a limited number of theaters. Whether ...

The astonishingly beautiful opening moments of RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” signal that this is no ordinary movie. The screen format is an unexpectedly old-school square, and what we see in that square ...

Of all the Best Picture nominees at this year's Academy Awards, it's possible that director RaMell Ross' Nickel Boys is the most distinct. Adapted from Colson Whitehead's novel, Ross' film tracks two ...

How do you adapt an "unadaptable" book? Today, host Brittany Luse finds out with RaMell Ross, director of the Oscar nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys. The story, set in the ...

The most impressive feat a film can pull off is to convince its viewers they are seeing something wholly original. Even more impressive is when a film can accomplish this while adapting a work, making ...

Adapted from the Pulitzer prize-winner novel from Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys tells the story of two Black boys who form an unshakeable bond at a segregated reform school in the Jim Crow South. It's ...

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There’s an easier way, of course. There’s always an easier way. In the case of filmmaking, it’s called pandering. Simply check off all the genre boxes that make audiences ooh and aah — big-name stars, ...

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