“Washington Black” Coming Soon To Hulu & Disney+
Disney has announced details on a brand new limited series called “Washington Black”, which will be coming to Hulu and Dinsey+ later this year.
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, which won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize, “Washington Black” follows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington “Wash” Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love. As he navigates uncharted lands and impossible odds, Wash finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of the society he was born into.
The series stars Ernest Kingsley Jr., Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Edward Bluemel, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Eddie Karanja, Tom Ellis and Sterling K. Brown.
This upcoming eight-episode series was filmed in Nova Scotia, Canada and is produced by 20th Television in association with Indian Meadows Productions and The Gotham Group, and executive produced by Selwyn Hinds, Kim Harrison, Sterling K. Brown, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wanuri Kahiu, Mo Marable, Rob Seidenglanz, Jeremy Bell, Lindsay Williams, D.J. Goldberg, Jennifer Johnson and Anthony Hemingway. Selwyn Hinds and Kim Harrison are also showrunners for the series. Esi Edugyan is co-producer.
The entire “Washington Black” series will be released on July 23rd 2025, on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States, and on Disney+ around the world, including in Canada.
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Roger Palmer
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