Netflix has announced that its upcoming film, ‘The Upper World’ starring Daniel Kaluuya, is an adaptation of British-Nigerian author, Femi Fadugba’s sci-fi novel.
Part of a two-book series, ‘The Upper Room’ is the physicist cum author’s debut novel. Kaluuya will also double as one of the film adaptation’s producers with Fadugba acting as executive producer.
According to Netflix, the novel follows Esso (who’ll be played by Kaluuya), a man who finds that he has the ability to look into both the past and future, and Rhia, a woman living in the year award 2035, who is “unaware that the mysterious stranger she’s about to meet desperately needs her help to avert a bullet fired 15 years ago.”
“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,” Togo-born Fadugba said.
Fadugba sold the novel to Penguin Random House Children’s Books and it’s set for release in the UK next year, with a US release to follow in 2022.
