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PHOTO: First Look - Denzel Washington & Viola Davis Reprise Roles for FENCES Film Adaptation

By: Sep. 02, 2016
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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis will reprise their roles in a big screen adaptation of August Wilson's 1983 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play FENCES. Washington will also direct the film, hitting theaters on Christmas Day, December 25th from Paramount Studios.

Today, The Hollywood Reporter shared exclusive photos from the film. Get a first look below and click here for additional pics!

The 2010 Broadway production of FENCES was produced by Scott Rudin and starred Washington and Davis. The show received Tonys for best revival of a play, best actor in a play (Washington) and best actress in a play (Davis). Stephen McKinley Henderson also received a Tony nomination as best featured actor in a play.

Other cast members from the 2010 production who will reprise their roles for the big screen, include Russell Hornsby, and Mykelti Williamson.

Photo credit: David Lee/MMXVI Paramount Pictures Corporation

Photo credit: Joan Marcus




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