J.D. Vance's love-it-or-hate-it Appalachian memoir Hillbilly Elegy is coming to Netflix (and theatres) this year with a star-studded cast including Amy Adams and Glenn Close and Oscar-winning director Ron Howard at the helm, Haleigh Foutch reports for Collider.
Howard recently spoke to Collider's Steve Weintraub about what viewers can expect from the adaptation: "It’s a story of transformation and while it focuses on that culture, a group of people that I really really relate to given my own family background and history, and my wife’s as well, it really is about being your best self, finding strength in your heritage, and the lessons that you learn, but also recognizing the hurdles that some of that might represent as well, and learning how to grow beyond it. It’s a self-actualization story. It’s powerful."
Howard also praised the cast, saying that the performances were the best he'd seen since Frost/Nixon, Foutch reports. Howard said the film doesn't have a release date yet, but said they've just finished shooting and are still doing some post-production work. Watch the whole interview here.
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