August Wilson is one of the greatest American playwrights, and in recent years his work has been a rich source for some of the best movies in their respective years. That situation has a chance to repeat itself with The Piano Lesson, another Wilson play.
Netflix is the studio behind the 2024 new movie. They previously helped produce Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which won two Oscars and was nominated for five total, including for Best Actor (the late, great Chadwick Boseman) and Best Actress (Viola Davis). The streamer has teamed with Denzel Washington, who is serving as a producer on the movie after previously writing and directing Fences, another Wilson play. Add in an impressive ensemble cast helping to bring Wilson's work to the big screen and there's a lot of expectation that The Piano Lesson could have similar success.
