Chiwetel Ejiofor will tame the wind
Online service Netflix has acquired the rights to the directorial debut of 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor, Deadline reports. The film, titled The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, will be based on the book of the same name by William Kamkwamba and Brian Miller about a Malawian boy who fulfills his dream.The protagonist of the real story, a boy named William, was born into a poor family in the Republic of Malawi. He was expelled from school because his family had nothing to pay for education. Having spied the idea of a home-made windmill in the library, William walked through the local dumps, collected the necessary parts and began to design a structure that later saved his family and the entire village from hunger and changed his life forever. All the leading media outlets told about this story in 2009. Chiwetel Ejiofor himself wrote the script, who will also play one of the key roles in his film. In addition to him, Maxwell Simba is currently announced in the cast, he will play William. * - preliminary translation. The Topic of Article: Chiwetel Ejiofor will tame the wind. |
