Overview
- Variety reports that Melina Matsoukas has been tapped to direct and produce a Warner Bros. feature based on Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.
- Matsoukas will produce through her company De La Revolucion with Inga Veronique, alongside Color Force producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, with estate lead Jules Jackson serving as executive producer.
- Color Force’s Khaliah Neal will oversee the project for the company, and Warner Bros. executive Sheila Walcott will oversee for the studio.
- The novel is set in near-future California as climate change and economic shocks drive social breakdown, centering on Lauren Olamina, a teen with a heightened sensitivity to others’ pain.
- Butler’s work surged back onto bestseller lists in 2020 and the author earned major honors, underscoring the cultural weight of adapting this landmark dystopia.