Melina Matsoukas is set to direct and produce the screen adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi odyssey "Parable of the Sower" for Warner Bros.
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Melina Matsoukas is set to direct and produce the screen adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi odyssey "Parable of the Sower" for Warner Bros.
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