Written by Dwayne Alexander Smith and published back in 2014, the novel Forty Acres is being turned into a feature film over at Netflix, we’ve learned via Deadline this week.
Cheo Hodari Coker (“Luke Cage”) will be scripting the adaptation.
“Forty Acres follows a civil rights attorney who must fight for survival when he’s invited to join an elite Black organization with a mind-blowing secret.”
Deadline notes, “the thriller is described as being a cross between The Firm and Get Out.”
Producers on the Netflix film include Jay-Z.