{"id":22701,"date":"2025-05-23T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/washington-black-adaptation-to-premiere-in-july\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:02:53","slug":"washington-black-adaptation-to-premiere-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/washington-black-adaptation-to-premiere-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Black Adaptation to Premiere in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Washington Black<\/em>, an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name starring and executive produced by Sterling K. Brown, is slated to debut on Hulu on July 23 in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows the 19th-century journey of George Washington \u201cWash\u201d Black, an 11-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation who has a prodigious scientific mind. 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