Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out,” “Widows”) is on board to star and produce a film adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s time-bending young adult fantasy novel “The Upper World” at Netflix.
Kaluuya will play Esso, a man caught in a deadly feud and on the verge of expulsion when he realizes he has an unexpected gift: access to a world where he can see glimpses of the past and the future.
A generation away, Rhia is walking to football practice in 2035, unaware that the mysterious stranger she is about to meet desperately needs her help to avert a bullet fired 15 years ago.
Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless produce. The novel is the first in a planned series with follow-ups due in 2021 and 2022.
Source: Variety
