Hillbilly Elegy (film)

Hillbilly Elegy is an upcoming film directed by Ron Howard and based on the memoir of the same name by J. D. Vance.

Cast

 * Amy Adams as Bev Vance
 * Glenn Close as Mawmaw
 * Gabriel Basso as J.D. Vance
 * Haley Bennett as Lindsay
 * Freida Pinto as Amy Chau
 * Bo Hopkins as Papaw
 * Owen Asztalos

Production
Imagine Entertainment won the rights to the novel in an April 2017 auction for Ron Howard to direct. In February 2018, Vanessa Taylor was set to adapt the novel into a screenplay. In October 2018 and March 2019, Howard was spotted in Middletown, Ohio scouting filming locations.

In January 2019, Netflix won the rights to the film after bidding $45 million on the project. Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso and Haley Bennett joined the cast in April. In June 2019, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins and Owen Asztalos joined the cast.

Filming began in June 2019 in Atlanta.