Taika Waititi In Talks To Direct Adaptation Of Percival Everett’s ‘James’ For Universal, Amblin

After seeing Cord Jefferson win the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for his work on American Fiction, the widely acclaimed adaptation of his 2001 novel Erasure, author Percival Everett has set up his latest book, James, at Universal Pictures, with Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) in talks to direct, Deadline can confirm. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Everett will […]