Summit Entertainment has released this debut promo poster and synopsis for Steve McQueen’s (Hunger, Shame) upcoming adaptation of Solomon Northrup’s autobiography ‘12 Years A Slave.’ The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, who’s been cast as the lead, Brad Pitt, and Michael Fassbender – who previously worked with McQueen on ‘Hunger,’ and ‘Shame.’ Written in 1853, the autobiography tells the true story of Solomon Northrup, a New York citizen who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853. McQueen co-wrote the adaptation with John Ridley (Red Tails) and will produce through Brad Pitt’s company, Plan B.
Read more. Thanks Gabriella. In my opinion a poster like this is so premature and I question the official status of this poster, but not much harm done in posting it at the moment.
