MGM and Orion Pictures have released the trailer for its publishing industry satire “American Fiction” starring Jeffrey Wright.
The film famously won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival where it landed some very good reviews and currently sits at an 82/100 on Metacritic.
Wright plays Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison, a college professor and frustrated novelist who is fed up with the establishment profiting from ‘Black’ entertainment that relies on tired and offensive stereotypes and tropes.
One night, in a fit of spite, Monk concocts a pseudonymous novel embodying every Black cliche he can imagine. His agent submits it to a major publisher who immediately offers the biggest advance Monk’s ever seen.
As the novel is rushed to the printers and Hollywood comes courting, Monk must reckon with a monster of his own making.
Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander, Patrick Fischler, John Ales and Leslie Uggams co-star whilst Cord Jefferson pens and directs.
“American Fiction” is currently slated to arrive in select theaters on December 15th followed by a wide theatrical release on December 22nd.
