Deadline reported that Steven Spielberg, the famous Hollywood director and producer, is preparing to work with Studio A24 to turn the 2023 New York Times bestselling novel “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” into a film.
Reports from inside sources claim that A24 will develop the project in collaboration with Amblin Entertainment. Spielberg The project is still in its early stages. Spielberg will executive produce. But it will not be directed in any way.
“Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” is a historical drama novel that received great critical acclaim. It tells the story of the black and Jewish community that lived in Pottstown's Chicken Hill neighborhood. Pennsylvania The theme of the story is survival and justice in a society filled with racial and religious tensions. The background is set in the 1920s and 1930s.
This project is another important step for A24 Studios since its founding in 2012, which has focused on distributing high-quality independent films and original ideas. It has become a studio with an ever-growing fan base, with two films winning the Academy Award for Best Picture: “Moonlight” (2016) and “Everything Everywhere at Once” (2022).
The studio's first blockbuster film with a $50 million budget, “Civil War,” recently grossed $104.4 million worldwide.
As for Spielberg, in addition to his latest project with A24 Studio, he is also involved in the development of many other projects such as “Twisters”, “Transformers: One”, “Jurassic World 4”, “Adventures of Tintin 2”, etc.
Spielberg is also interested in directing a sci-fi drama about astronauts again. After the success of the film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977)
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