Brad Pitt and Oprah Winfrey team up. With their production companies, they are involved in a special film project.
The bestseller "The Water Dancer" by the American author Ta-Nehisi Coates (45) is being made into a film. Oscar winner Brad Pitt (56, "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood") and talk show icon Oprah Winfrey (66) with their production companies Plan B and Harpo Films are involved as producers, as the US industry journal "Variety" reports.
As early as 2014, the two companies worked together and produced the film "Selma" together. Brad Pitt has already won an Oscar as a producer: In 2014, "12 Years a Slave" was named the best film. It was the first Oscar of his career. In 2020 the second golden boy followed as best supporting actor in "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood".
This is what "The Water Dancer" is about
"The Water Dancer" tells the story of Hiram Walker, who grew up in slavery. He lost his mother as a young boy. It was sold and disappeared. He eventually discovers that he has a rare gift that saves him from drowning. Hiram decides to escape from captivity.