Washington, April 8 -- Actress and writer Danielle Deadwyler teamed up with Alix Madigan and Michael Sherman to develop and produce The Street, a feature adaptation of the novel by Ann Petry, in which she's set to star, reported Deadline.

Gina Atwater (Westworld) will also write the script and serve as executive producer.

The Street is a novel published in 1946 by African-American writer Ann Petry. Set in World War II-era Harlem, Petry's novel is about the social injustices that confront her character, Lutie Johnson.

Reissued in 2022, Petry's 1946 debut novel was famously the first book by a Black woman to sell over one million copies, as per the outlet.

In a statement, Deadwyler said, "Ann Petry's The Street has quaked my understandi...