Leave the World Behind follows two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. While Julia Roberts will play the mother of the family that rents a house, Denzel Washington will portray the homeowner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hollywood stars Denzel Washington and\nJulia Roberts are set to reunite for the Netflix family drama Leave the World\nBehind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The duo previously collaborated on the 1993\nlegal thriller The Pelican Brief, directed by Alan J Pakula from his adaptation\nof the John Grisham novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new project is based on the upcoming novel\nby Rumaan Alam and the streaming site has landed feature film rights to the\nsource material, reported Variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail is attached\nto direct and adapt the book. Esmail has earlier worked with Julia Roberts on\nthe first season of Amazon Prime Video series Homecoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leave the World Behind follows two families,\nstrangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone\nterribly wrong. Roberts will play the mother of the family that rents a house\nand Washington will portray the homeowner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story will explore the themes of parenthood,\nrace, and class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leave the World Behind will be published by\nEcco in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denzel Washington is producing along with\nJulia Roberts through her Red Om Films banner and Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton\nthrough Esmail Corp. Rumaan Alam is an executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington is also attached to produce\nNetflix\u2019s upcoming film Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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