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South African director, Liesl Tommy, has been signed
to direct the big screen adaptation of Trevor Noah¡¦s
autobiography, ¡§Born a Crime¡¨. This is Noah¡¦s
first project with Viacom, the parent company of Comedy
Central, and will be released through their venture, Day
Zero Productions.
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong¡¦o will star as Noah¡¦s mother.
Nyong¡¦o and Tommy have worked together before, on the
Broadway production, Eclipsed, for which Tommy
received a Tony Award Nomination in 2016. Tommy made
history with this nomination as the first woman of
colour to ever be nominated for a Tony for Best Director
of a Play.
Tommy was born in Cape Town and grew up there, until she
moved to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was 15 years
old.
She is excited about taking on the project. "When I came
home to Cape Town for Christmas in 2016, I gave my
father, my brother and uncles Trevor¡¦s book as Christmas
presents. I loved it so much, and thought they¡¦d love it
too because of the combination of humour and love of
family with the apartheid backdrop. Never in a million
years did I imagine I¡¦d one day be directing the film of
that book. I¡¦ve spent many years working all over the
world, to finally get to come home to South Africa to
shoot a project like this is a dream come true."
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