Daniel Kaluuya New Movie The Upper World set for Netflix

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Daniel Kaluuya is set to produce and star in an adaptation of Femi Faduga's debut novel "The Upper World" for Netflix. The upcoming novel the first of a planned series of YA novels and is slated to be released in the UK in 2021 through Penguin UK and in the U.S. through HarperCollins in 2022. "The Upper World" is a contemporary sc-fi story which follows Esso, a young man who can see glimpses of the past and the future.

Set in Peckham, London, "The Upper World" follows Esso, "who is caught in a deadly feud and on the verge of expulsion when he realizes he has an unexpected gift: access to a world where he can see glimpses of the past and the future. A generation away, Rhia is walking to football practice in 2035, unaware that the mysterious stranger she’s about to meet desperately needs her help to avert a bullet fired fifteen years ago." In a statement, Femi Faduga said, "With Netflix bringing the film adaptation to audiences around the world, I’m excited about the impact the story can have. I’d love to one day see teachers putting the book on their summer reading lists. I’d love to help create a world where when people talk about the new Cardi B, Giggs or C.S song, they mention the ideas in The Upper World as part of the culture as well." Tendo Nagenda, VP of Netflix Films, added:

Femi Fadugba. You may not know his name, but once you’ve read The Upper World you won’t be able to forget it. That’s what happened to me after producer Eric Newman introduced me to the book. I can count on one hand the times I’ve connected with a novel so viscerally. It’s a rare feeling, made even more special when you also have the opportunity to bring such a story to life on film. Films can impact and expand the way people see and experience life. The Upper World will be one of those films. I’m neither from the place nor 'time' depicted in the pages of the debut novel of physicist-turned-author Femi Fadugba. However, through staggeringly skilled storytelling, I was taken on a mind-and-heart altering adventure through the book’s characters and experiences.

Daniel Kaluuya will next be seen starring alongside Lakeith Stanfield in JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, which tells the story of the betrayal and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Black Panther Party. The film is set to hit theaters in 2021.