EXCLUSIVE: Atlas Entertainment has acquired rights to Maaza Mengiste’s historical novel The Shadow King. Producing at Atlas are Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Stephanie Haymes-Roven and Elise Swift. WW Norton & CoPublished on September 24 by W.W. Norton & Company, The Shadow King is set in 1935. “Maaza Mengiste has written a brilliantly crafted character study in an epic, sprawling, cinematic time and place,” Roven and Suckle said. It’s a compelling storytelling that Atlas is thrilled to bring to the screen.”Said the author: “I am thrilled and excited to be working with the Atlas team.

Source: Ethiopian News October 21, 2019 15:33 UTC