Howard, the ever-reliable cinematic craftsman and Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind, stepped behind the camera for this movie adaptation of “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” a 2016 #1 New York Times Bestseller memoir by J.D. Vance, adapted as a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor (Game of Thrones, The Shape of Water). The drama is high and the prospective Oscar clips are rife in Netflix‘s Hillbilly Elegy trailer, which you can check out just below. As Netflix’s official synopsis for Hillbilly Elegy reads: Amy Adams makes her first onscreen appearance here since 2018, in which she appeared in director Adam McKay’s biographical political drama, Vice, and fielded a starring run on HBO’s Sharp Objects. Her immediate backlog includes a starring role in director Joe Wright’s currently-unscheduled drama, The Woman in the Window, and her performance as Lois Lane in 2017’s Justice League will be revived and refurbished as a miniseries for HBO Max’s upcoming release of director Zack Snyder’s original vision of the film. However, Hillbilly Elegy might just become a seven-times-a-charm moment for the six-time Oscar nominee.
Hillbilly Elegy Release Date
Hillbilly Elegy arrives on Netflix on Tuesday, November 24.
