While some Georgia-based productions – The Walking Dead and Ant-Man And The Wasp among them – have been briefly interrupted by the arrival of Tropical Storm Irma, others are pushing ahead as planned. One example is YA novel adaptation The Hate U Give, which is also adding Anthony Mackie and Kian Lawley to its cast.

Adapted from Angela Thomas' bestseller, the film follows Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg), a young woman already caught between two worlds. There's the poor, mostly black neighbourhood where she lives and the rich, largely white prep school she attends. But when Starr witnesses the death of her best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer, it throws her world into further chaos, especially when she's called upon to speak up about what happened.

George Tillman Jr. is in the director's chair, working from a script by Tina Mabry and Audrey Wells. The cast also features Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Issa Rae, Sabrina Carpenter, Algee Smith, Lamar Johnson and Common. There's no sign of a release date for the movie yet.

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