Not content with winning an Oscar this year for producing documentary American Factory, Barack and Michelle Obama are taking steps toward feature territory. Exit West, a 2017 novel by Pakastani author Mohsin Hamid, made the former US president's annual list of best books he read that year. Plucking it from that distinguished shelf, the Obamas are reportedly in talks with The Avengers' directors the Russo Brothers to bring that story to the silver screen.
The adaptation would land on Netflix, according to Collider Thursday, citing "multiple sources." Rogue One's Riz Ahmed is reportedly attached to star, with Top Boy director Yann Demange and Cherry writer Jessica Goldberg working behind the scenes.
