20 Most Anticipated Netflix Originals For The Rest Of 2020

9. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

The Devil All the Time Tom Holland
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Release Date: TBA

August Wilson's 1982 Tony Award-nominated play is a biopic of legendary blues singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), who has to juggle tensions between her bandmates, her white agent, and also her producer while recording during the late 1920s.

Davis will co-star alongside Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts, while the play will be adapted to the big screen by two-time Tony-winning director-turned-filmmaker George C. Wolfe, and Denzel Washington will produce.

Above all else, this represents a strong Oscar bid for Davis, who never one to give less than 110%, is highly likely to find herself in the Best Actress race a few short months from now.

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