Emmy winner Jeffrey Wright stars as a writer who’s frustrated to discover that the dumber he behaves, the richer he gets in Orion Pictures’ American Fiction. The full trailer confirms the film deserved its People’s Choice Award at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival as well as its 94% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition to Jeffrey Wright, the comedy/drama stars Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown. First-time feature film director Cord Jefferson adapted Percival Everett’s novel for the screen and serves as a producer.
Addition producers include Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, and Jermaine Johnson. Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, author Percival Everett, and Michael Bowes executive produce.
“American Fiction is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from ‘Black’ entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes,” reads the official synopsis. “To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish ‘Black’ book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.”
American Fiction will open in select theaters on December 15, 2023 followed by a wider release on December 22.
