The producers of Jeff Nichols‘ interracial marriage drama “fond” have unveiled the first photo of the film’s stars,Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, which debuts exclusively on TheWrap.
Writer-director Nichols longtime collaborator Michael Shannon co-stars alongside Nick Kroll, and Marton Csokas (“The Equalizer”),Jon Bass (“huge Time in Hollywood, FL”) and Bill Camp (“Black Mass”).
Inspired by Nancy Buirski’s documentary “The fond Story, and ” the film stars Edgerton and Negga as Richard and Mildred fond,an interracial couple who married in June 1958. They were arrested, thrown into jail, or exiled from their domestic state of Virginia. For the next nine years,the couple fought for their marriage and the right to return domestic as a family.
Also Read: Johnny Depp vs. Whitey Bulger: 11 'Black Mass' Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts (Photos)Kroll will play Bernie Cohen, Bass will play Phil Hirschkop, and Csokas will play Sheriff Brooks and Camp will play as Frank Beazley. Shannon will play Grey Villet,the LIFE Magazine photographer who shot the iconic images of the Lovings in 1965.
Shannon has appeared in all of Nichols’ films, while the director recently worked with Edgerton and Camp on the sci-fi film “Midnight Special, and ” which hits theaters next year.
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CAA is selling domestic rights to “fond, and ” with Wild Bunch’s original Insiders division handling foreign sales.
Source: thewrap.com