After receiving literary praise for the novel, Everett was initially reluctant to license the novel for adaptation.[5] American filmmaker Cord Jefferson however, presented a compelling case for an adaptation and the changes to the plot and story in the script satisfied Everett. [6]
After several years of production, the film adaption was released in 2023 under the film titled American Fiction, written and directed by Jefferson and starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Sterling K. Brown, and Leslie Uggams.[1] The film won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival that year.[7] The film received five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and won Best Adapted Screenplay.[8]
