Drama Death of a Salesman | Jeffrey Wright, Octavia Spencer

[Pennywise]

Jeffrey Wright & Octavia Spencer Set For Chinonye Chukwu & Tony Kushner’s ‘Death Of A Salesman’ At Focus Features And Amblin

Jeffrey Wright and Octavia Spencer are starring in Focus Features Amblin's 'Death of a Salesman' directed and co-written by Chinonye Chukwu and co-written by Tony Kushner.

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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one that has just come together at Focus Features and Amblin: Till and Clemency filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu will direct and co-adapt with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman with Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer starring.

Wright will play the legendary role of Willy Loman while Spencer will portray his Linda Loman.


The 1949 Pulitzer Prize winning two-act play first premiered on Broadway in February 1949 and ran for 742 performances. The play follows aging traveling salesman Willy Loman who tries to fix his life with the family he always put down as he put work first. The play, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, focuses on themes of infidelity, truth and the American Dream.

 

[CaptainWagner]

This sounds amazing. Jeffrey Wright is someone I've wanted to see with an Oscar for a while, and it's great to have Octavia Spencer in something worth her talents again. Plus Kushner is perfect to work on the adaptation.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Sounds great. Back when I was first trying to get into acting, Death of a Salesman was the first real play I ever did. It will always hold a special place in my heart. Wright and Spencer will make this amazing.