MGM has released a trailer for American Fiction, the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award-winning satirical comedy drama which marks the feature directorial debut of Cord Jefferson (Watchmen, Succession).
Based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, the film stars Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist who has had enough of outrageous stereotypes, but when he writes an outlandish “Black” book of his own under a pseudonym he finds his career propelled into the heart of hypocrisy; watch it below…
AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Joining Jeffrey Wright in the cast are Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown.
American Fiction arrives in select cinemas on December 15th, followed by a wider release on December 22nd.
Originally published October 17, 2023. Updated October 16, 2023.
