Nia DaCosta to Direct Film Adaptation of Bestselling Novel THE WATER DANCER

Nia DaCosta, writer and director of Little Woods and Candyman, as well as director of the upcoming movie, The Marvels, has signed on to direct the adaptation of the novel The Water Dancer. The best-selling debut novel from author Ta-Nehisi Coates named one of the best books of the year by such publications as Time, NPR, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Vanity Fair and Esquire.

Coates is writing the adapted script, which “follows Young Hiram Walker, who was born into bondage. As a child, he loses his mother and over time loses all memory of her. Now a young man, Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a mysterious power he never realized he had and struggles to understand.”

Coates’ company Maceo-Lyn is set to produce alongside Plan B and Winfrey’s Harpo Films.