{"id":121039,"date":"2024-02-14T01:28:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/american-fictions-cord-jefferson-john-wells-board-just-cause\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T01:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:28:19","slug":"american-fictions-cord-jefferson-john-wells-board-just-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/american-fictions-cord-jefferson-john-wells-board-just-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;American Fiction&#8217;s Cord Jefferson &#038; John Wells Board &#8216;Just Cause&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>American Fiction<\/em> filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/cord-jefferson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cord-jefferson\" data-tag=\"cord-jefferson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cord Jefferson<\/a> and author <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/john-wells\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-wells\" data-tag=\"john-wells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Wells<\/a> have signed on to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/just-cause\/\" id=\"auto-tag_just-cause\" data-tag=\"just-cause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Cause<\/a>,<\/em> Amazon\u2019s upcoming thriller restricted sequence, starring and government produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/scarlett-johansson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scarlett-johansson\" data-tag=\"scarlett-johansson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, Deadline has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJefferson and Wells will co-write the primary episode and government produce the sequence. John Wells Productions has joined as producer of the sequence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBased on John Katzenbach\u2019s 1992 novel,<em> Just Cause<\/em> hails from author Christy Hall (<em>I\u2019m Not OK With This, Daddio<\/em>), Johansson\u2019s These Pictures banner and Warner Bros. TV. \u00a0In a really aggressive state of affairs, the venture landed at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0Studios with a straight-to-series order for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/prime-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the TV adaptation, the e-book\u2019s male protagonist, Miami newspaper editorial author Matt Cowart, is present process a gender swap, with Johansson taking part in the sequence\u2019 feminine lead Madison \u201cMadi\u201d Cowart, a struggling reporter for a Florida newspaper despatched to cowl the ultimate days of an inmate on loss of life row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHall government produces the\u00a0restricted sequence alongside Johansson, Jefferson, Wells, Jonathan Lia and\u00a0Keenan Flynn of These Pictures and Erin Jontow through John Wells Productions. Zara Duffy, Head of Television for These Pictures, is overseeing for the corporate. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn his directorial movie debut, Jefferson helmed American Fiction, primarily based on Percival Everett\u2019s e-book Erasure. The movie obtained  5 Oscar nominations, together with  greatest image, actor for Jeffrey Wright, supporting actor for Sterling Okay. Brown, tailored screenplay for Jefferson and unique rating for Laura Karpman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJefferson, who&#8217;s beneath an general take care of Warner Bros. Television Group, gained an Emmy for excellent writing for a restricted sequence for his work on HBO\u2019s <em>Watchmen. <\/em>His further TV credit embody <em>Succession, The Good Place <\/em>and <em>Master of None.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWells, additionally beneath an general take care of Warner Bros. TV, has been nominated for 26 Primetime Emmy Awards, successful six, together with excellent drama sequence for <em>ER <\/em>and <em>The West Wing<\/em>. He additionally gained an Emmy for excellent particular class program for <em>The West Wing Documentary Special.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVariety was first to report the information.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] American Fiction filmmaker Cord Jefferson and author John Wells have signed on to Just Cause, Amazon\u2019s upcoming thriller restricted sequence, starring and government produced by Scarlett Johansson, Deadline has confirmed. Jefferson and Wells will co-write the primary episode and government produce the sequence. John Wells Productions has joined as producer of the sequence. 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